Compositions, splice variants and methods relating to colon specific genes and proteins

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic colon cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions containing the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, antibodies, agonists and antagonists of the invention and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating colon cancer and non-cancerous disease states in colon, identifying colon tissue, monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The uses also include gene therapy, production of transgenic animals and cells, and production of engineered colon tissue for treatment and research.

INTRODUCTION

This application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/431,133 filed December 4, 2002, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to newly identified nucleic acids and polypeptides present in normal and neoplastic colon cells, including fragments, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides. The present invention also relates to antibodies to the polypeptides of the invention, as well as agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides of the invention. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies, post translational modifications (PTMs), variants, derivatives, agonists and antagonists thereof and methods for the use of these compositions. These uses include identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating colon cancer and/or non-cancerous disease states in colon, identifying colon tissue and monitoring and identifying and/or designing agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The uses also include gene therapy, therapeutic molecules including but not limited to antibodies or antisense molecules, production of transgenic animals and cells, and production of engineered colon tissue for treatment and research.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States and the third most prevalent cancer in both men and women. M. L. Davila & A. D. Davila, Screening for Colon and Rectal Cancer, in Colon and Rectal Cancer 47 (Peter S. Edelstein ed., 2000). The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be about 105,500 new cases of colon cancer and 42,000 new cases of rectal cancer in 2003 in the United States. Colon cancer and rectal cancer will cause about 57,100 deaths combined. ACS Website: cancer.org on the world wide web. Nearly all cases of colorectal cancer arise from adenomatous polyps, some of which mature into large polyps, undergo abnormal growth and development, and ultimately progress into cancer. Davila at 55-56. This progression would appear to take at least 10 years in most patients, rendering it a readily treatable form of cancer if diagnosed early, when the cancer is localized. Davila at 56; Walter J. Burdette, Cancer: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment 125 (1998).

Although our understanding of the etiology of colon cancer is undergoing continual refinement, extensive research in this area points to a combination of factors, including age, hereditary and nonhereditary conditions, and environmental/dietary factors. Age is a key risk factor in the development of colorectal cancer, Davila at 48, with men and women over 40 years of age becoming increasingly susceptible to that cancer, Burdette at 126. Incidence rates increase considerably in each subsequent decade of life. Davila at 48. A number of hereditary and nonhereditary conditions have also been linked to a heightened risk of developing colorectal cancer, including familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome or HNPCC), a personal and/or family history of colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. Davila at 47; Henry T. Lynch & Jane F. Lynch, Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndromes), in Colon and Rectal Cancer 67-68 (Peter S. Edelstein ed., 2000).

Environmental/dietary factors associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer include a high fat diet, intake. of high dietary red meat, and sedentary lifestyle. Davila at 47; Reddy, B. S., Prev. Med. 16(4): 460-7 (1987). Conversely, environmental/dietary factors associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer include a diet high in fiber, folic acid, calcium, and hormone-replacement therapy in post-menopausal women. Davila at 50-55. The effect of antioxidants in reducing the risk of colon cancer is unclear. Davila at 53.

Because colon cancer is highly treatable when detected at an early, localized stage, screening should be a part of routine care for all adults starting at age 50, especially those with first-degree relatives with colorectal cancer. One major advantage of colorectal cancer screening over its counterparts in other types of cancer is its ability to not only detect precancerous lesions, but to remove them as well. Davila at 56. The key colorectal cancer screening tests in use today are fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, double-contrast barium enema, and the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test. Burdette at 125; Davila at 56.

The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) screens for colorectal cancer by detecting the amount of blood in the stool, the premise being that neoplastic tissue, particularly malignant tissue, bleeds more than typical mucosa, with the amount of bleeding increasing with polyp size and cancer stage. Davila at 56-57. While effective at detecting early stage tumors, FOBT is unable to detect adenomatous polyps (premalignant lesions), and, depending on the contents of the fecal sample, is subject to rendering false positives. Davila at 56-59. Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy, by contrast, allow direct visualization of the bowel, and enable one to detect, biopsy, and remove adenomatous polyps. Davila at 59-60, 61. Despite the advantages of these procedures, there are accompanying downsides: sigmoidoscopy, by definition, is limited to the sigmoid colon and below, colonoscopy is a relatively expensive procedure, and both share the risk of possible bowel perforation and hemorrhaging. Davila at 59-60. Double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) enables detection of lesions better than FOBT, and almost as well a colonoscopy, but it may be limited in evaluating the winding rectosigmoid region. Davila at 60. The CEA blood test, which involves screening the blood for carcinoembryonic antigen, shares the downside of FOBT, in that it is of limited utility in detecting colorectal cancer at an early stage. Burdette at 125.

Once colon cancer has been diagnosed, treatment decisions are typically made in reference to the stage of cancer progression. A number of techniques are employed to stage the cancer (some of which are also used to screen for colon cancer), including pathologic examination of resected colon, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and various imaging techniques. AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook 84 (Irvin D. Fleming et al. eds., 5^(th) ed. 1998); Montgomery, R. C. and Ridge, J. A., Semin. Surg. Oncol. 15(3): 143-150 (1998). Moreover, chest films, liver functionality tests, and liver scans are employed to determine the extent of metastasis. Fleming at 84. While computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are useful in staging colorectal cancer in its later stages, both have unacceptably low staging accuracy for identifying early stages of the disease, due to the difficulty that both methods have in (1) revealing the depth of bowel wall tumor infiltration and (2) diagnosing malignant adenopathy. Thoeni, R. F., Radiol. Clin. N. Am. 35(2): 457-85 (1997). Rather, techniques such as transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) are preferred in this context, although this technique is inaccurate with respect to detecting small lymph nodes that may contain metastases. David Blumberg & Frank G. Opelka, Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum, in Colon and Rectal Cancer 316 (Peter S. Edelstein ed., 2000).

Several classification systems have been devised to stage the extent of colorectal cancer, including the Dukes' system and the more detailed International Union against Cancer-American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging system, which is considered by many in the field to be a more useful staging system. Burdette at 126-27. The TNM system, which is used for either clinical or pathological staging, is divided into four stages, each of which evaluates the extent of cancer growth with respect to primary tumor (T), regional lymph nodes (N), and distant metastasis (M). Fleming at 84-85. The system focuses on the extent of tumor invasion into the intestinal wall, invasion of adjacent structures, the number of regional lymph nodes that have been affected, and whether distant metastasis has occurred. Fleming at 81.

Stage 0 is characterized by in situ carcinoma (Tis), in which the cancer cells are located inside the glandular basement membrane (intraepithelial) or lamina propria (intramucosal). In this stage, the cancer has not spread to the regional lymph nodes (N0), and there is no distant metastasis (M0). In stage I, there is still no spread of the cancer to the regional lymph nodes and no distant metastasis, but the tumor has invaded the submucosa (T1) or has progressed further to invade the muscularis propria (T2). Stage II also involves no spread of the cancer to the regional lymph nodes and no distant metastasis, but the tumor has invaded the subserosa, or the nonperitonealized pericolic or perirectal tissues (T3), or has progressed to invade other organs or structures, and/or has perforated the visceral peritoneum (T4). Stage III is characterized by any of the T substages, no distant metastasis, and either metastasis in 1 to 3 regional lymph nodes (N1) or metastasis in four or more regional lymph nodes (N2). Lastly, stage IV involves any of the T or N substages, as well as distant metastasis. Fleming at 84-85; Burdette at 127.

Currently, pathological staging of colon cancer is preferable over clinical staging as pathological staging provides a more accurate prognosis. Pathological staging typically involves examination of the resected colon section, along with surgical examination of the abdominal cavity. Fleming at 84. Clinical staging would be a preferred method of staging were it at least as accurate as pathological staging, as it does not depend on the invasive procedures of its counterpart.

Turning to the treatment of colorectal cancer, surgical resection results in a cure for roughly 50% of patients. Irradiation is used both preoperatively and postoperatively in treating colorectal cancer. Chemotherapeutic agents, particularly 5-fluorouracil, are also powerful weapons in treating colorectal cancer. Other agents include irinotecan and floxuridine, cisplatin, levamisole, methotrexate, interferon-α, and leucovorin. Burdette at 125, 132-33. Nonetheless, thirty to forty percent of patients will develop a recurrence of colon cancer following surgical resection, which in many patients is the ultimate cause of death. Wayne De Vos, Follow-up After Treatment of Colon Cancer, Colon and Rectal Cancer 225 (Peter S. Edelstein ed., 2000). Accordingly, colon cancer patients must be closely monitored to determine response to therapy and to detect persistent or recurrent disease and metastasis.

The next few paragraphs describe the some of molecular bases of colon cancer. In the case of FAP, the tumor suppressor gene APC (adenomatous polyposis coli), chromosomally located at 5q21, has been either inactivated or deleted by mutation.

Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell 1288 (3d ed. 1994). The APC protein plays a role in a number of functions, including cell adhesion, apoptosis, and repression of the c-myc oncogene. N. R. Hall & P. D. Madoff, Genetics and the Polyp-Cancer Sequence, Colon and Rectal Cancer 8 (Peter S. Edelstein, ed., 2000). Of those patients with colorectal cancer who have normal APC genes, over 65% have such mutations in the cancer cells but not in other tissues. Alberts et al., supra at 1288. In the case of HPNCC, patients manifest abnormalities in the tumor suppressor gene HNPCC, but only about 15% of tumors contain the mutated gene. Id. A host of other genes have also been implicated in colorectal cancer, including the K-ras, N-ras, H-ras and c-myc oncogenes, and the tumor suppressor genes DCC (deleted in colon carcinoma) and p53. Hall & Madoff, at 8-9; Alberts et al., at 1288.

Abnormalities in Wg/Wnt signal transduction pathway are also associated with the development of colorectal carcinoma. Taipale, J. and Beachy, P. A. Nature 411: 349-354 (2001). Wnt1 is a secreted protein gene originally identified within mouse mammary cancers by its insertion into the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) gene. The protein is homologous to the wingless (Wg) gene product of Drosophila, in which it functions as an important factor for the determination of dorsal-ventral segmentation and regulates the formation of fly imaginal discs. Wg/Wnt pathway controls cell proliferation, death and differentiation. Taipal (2001). There are at least 13 members in the Wnt family. These proteins have been found expressed mainly in the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates as well as other tissues such as mammary and intestine. The Wnt proteins are the ligands for a family of seven transmembrane domain receptors related to the Frizzled gene product in Drosophila. Binding Wnt to Frizzled stimulates the activity of the downstream target, Dishevelled, which in turn inactivates the glycogen synthesase kinase 3β (GSK3β). Taipal (2001). Usually active GSK3β will form a complex with the adenomatous polyposis coil (APC) protein and phosphorylate another complex member, β-catenin. Once phosphorylated, β-catenin is directed to degradation through the ubiquitin pathway. When GSK3β or APC activity is down regulated, β-catenin is accumulated in the cytoplasm and binds to the T-ell factor or lymphocyte excitation factor (Tcf/Lef) family of transcriptional factors. Binding of β-catenin to Tcf releases the transcriptional repression and induces gene transcription. Among the genes regulated by β-catenin are a transcriptional repressor Engrailed, a transforming growth factor-β, (TGF-β) family member Decapentaplegic, and the cytokine Hedgehog in Drosophila. β-Catenin is also involved in regulating cell adhesion by binding to α-catenin and E-cadherin. On the other hand, binding of β-catenin to these proteins controls the cytoplasmic β-catenin level and its complexing with TCF. Taipal (2001). Growth factor stimulation and activation of c-src or v-src also regulate β-catenin level by phosphorylation of α-catenin and its related protein, p120^(cas). When phosphorylated, these proteins decrease their binding to E-cadherin and β-catenin resulting in the accumulation of cytoplasmic β-catenin. Reynolds, A. B. et al. Mol. Cell Biol. 14: 8333-8342 (1994). In colon cancer, c-src enzymatic activity has been shown to be increased to the level of v-src. Alternation of components in the Wg/Wnt pathway promotes colorectal carcinoma development. The best known modifications are to the APC gene. Nicola S et al. Hum. Mol. Genet 10:721-733 (2001). This germline mutation causes the appearance of hundreds to thousands of adenomatous polyps in the large bowel. It is the gene defect that accounts for the autosomally dominantly inherited FAP and related syndromes. The molecular alternations that occur in this pathway largely involve deletions of alleles of tumor-suppressor genes, such as APC, p53 and Deleted in Colorectal Cancer (DCC), combined with mutational activation of proto-oncogenes, especially c-Ki-ras. Aoki, T. et al. Human Mutat. 3: 342-346 (1994). All of these lead to genomic instability in colorectal cancers.

Another source of genomic instability in colorectal cancer is the defect of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Human homologues of the bacterial mutHLS complex (hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1, hPMS2 and hMSH6), which is involved in the DNA mismatch repair in bacteria, have been shown to cause the HNPCC (about 70-90% HNPCC) when mutated. Modrich, P. and Lahue, R. Ann Rev. Biochem. 65: 101-133 (1996); and Peltomäki, P. Hum. Mol. Genet 10: 735-740 (2001). The inactivation of these proteins leads to the accumulation of mutations and causes genetic instability that represents errors in the accurate replication of the repetitive mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-nucleotide repeats, which are scattered throughout the genome (microsatellite regions). Jass, J. R. et al. J. Gastroenterol Hepatol 17: 17-26 (2002). Like in the classic FAP, mutational activation of c-Ki-ras is also required for the promotion of MSI in the alternative HNPCC. Mutations in other proteins such as the tumor suppressor protein phosphatase PTEN (Zhou, X. P. et al. Hum. Mol. Genet 11: 445-450 (2002)), BAX (Buttler, L. M. Aus. N. Z. J. Surg. 69: 88-94 (1999)), Caspase-5 (Planck, M. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 134: 46-54 (2002)), TGFβ-RII (Fallik, D. et al. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 24: 917-22 (2000)) and IGFII-R (Giovannucci E. J. Nutr. 131: 3109S-20S (2001)) have also been found in some colorectal tumors possibly as the cause of MMR defect.

Some tyrosine kinases have been shown up-regulated in colorectal tumor tissues or cell lines like HT29. Skoudy, A. et al. Biochem J. 317 (Pt 1): 279-84 (1996). Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and its up-stream kinase c-src and c-yes in colonic epithelial cells may play an important role in the promotion of colorectal cancers through the extracellular matrix (ECM) and integrin-mediated signaling pathways. Jessup, J. M. et al., The molecular biology of colorectal carcinoma, in: The Molecular Basis of Human Cancer, 251-268 (Coleman W. B. and Tsongalis G. J. Eds. 2002). The formation of c-src/FAK complexes may coordinately deregulate VEGF expression and apoptosis inhibition. Recent evidences suggest that a specific signal-transduction pathway for cell survival that implicates integrin engagement leads to FAK activation and thus activates PI-3 kinase and akt. In turn, akt phosphorylates BAD and blocks apoptosis in epithelial cells. The activation of c-src in colon cancer may induce VEGF expression through the hypoxia pathway. Other genes that may be implicated in colorectal cancer include Cox enzymes (Ota, S. et al. Aliment Pharmacol. Ther. 16 (Suppl 2): 102-106 (2002)), estrogen (al-Azzawi, F. and Wahab, M. Climacteric 5: 3-14 (2002)), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) (Gelman, L. et al. Cell Mol. Life Sci. 55: 932-943 (1999)), IGF-I (Giovannucci (2001)), thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) (Hardeland, U. et al. Prog. Nucleic Acid Res. Mol. Biol. 68: 235-253 (2001)) and EGF (Mendelsohn, J. Endocrine-Related Cancer 8: 3-9 (2001)).

Gene deletion and mutation are not the only causes for development of colorectal cancers. Epigenetic silencing by DNA methylation also accounts for the loss of function of colorectal cancer suppressor genes. A strong association between MSI and CpG island methylation has been well characterized in sporadic colorectal cancers with high MSI but not in those of hereditary origin. In one experiment, DNA methylation of MLH1, CDKN2A, MGMT, THBS1, RARB, APC, and p14ARF genes has been shown in 80%, 55%, 23%, 23%, 58%, 35%, and 50% of 40 sporadic colorectal cancers with high MSI respectively. Yamamoto, H. et al. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 33: 322-325 (2002); and Kim, K. M. et al. Oncogene. 12; 21(35): 5441-9 (2002). Carcinogen metabolism enzymes such as GST, NAT, CYP and MTHFR are also associated with an increased or decreased colorectal cancer risk. Pistorius, S. et al. Kongressbd Dtsch Ges Chir Kongr 118: 820-824 (2001); and Potter, J. D. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 91: 916-932 (1999).

From the foregoing, it is clear that procedures used for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, prognosticating, and preventing the recurrence of colorectal cancer are of critical importance to the outcome of the patient. Moreover, current procedures, while helpful in each of these analyses, are limited by their specificity, sensitivity, invasiveness, and/or their cost. As such, highly specific and sensitive procedures that would operate by way of detecting novel markers in cells, tissues, or bodily fluids, with minimal invasiveness and at a reasonable cost, would be highly desirable.

Accordingly, there is a great need for more sensitive and accurate methods for predicting whether a person is likely to develop colorectal cancer, for diagnosing colorectal cancer, for monitoring the progression of the disease, for staging the colorectal cancer, for determining whether the colorectal cancer has metastasized, and for imaging the colorectal cancer. Following accurate diagnosis, there is also a need for less invasive and more effective treatment of colorectal cancer.

Growth and metastasis of solid tumors are also dependent on angiogenesis. Folkman, J., 1986, Cancer Research, 46, 467-473; Folkman, J., 1989, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 82, 4-6. It has been shown, for example, that tumors which enlarge to greater than 2 mm must obtain their own blood supply and do so by inducing the growth of new capillary blood vessels. Once these new blood vessels become embedded in the tumor, they provide a means for tumor cells to enter the circulation and metastasize to distant sites such as liver, lung or bone. Weidner, N., et al., 1991, New England Journal of Medicine, 324(1), 1-8.

Angiogenesis, defined as the growth or sprouting of new blood vessels from existing vessels, is a complex process that primarily occurs during embryonic development The process is distinct from vasculogenesis, in that the new endothelial cells lining the vessel arise from proliferation of existing cells, rather than differentiating from stem cells. The process is invasive and dependent upon proteolyisis of the extracellular matrix (ECM), migration of new endothelial cells, and synthesis of new matrix components. Angiogenesis occurs during embryogenic development of the circulatory system; however, in adult humans, angiogenesis only occurs as a response to a pathological condition (except during the reproductive cycle in women).

Under normal physiological conditions in adults, angiogenesis takes place only in very restricted situations such as hair growth and wounding healing. Auerbach, W. and Auerbach, R., 1994, Pharmacol Ther. 63(3):265-3 11; Ribatti et al.,1991, Haematologica 76(4):3 11-20; Risau, 1997, Nature 386(6626):67 1-4. Angiogenesis progresses by a stimulus which results in the formation of a migrating column of endothelial cells. Proteolytic activity is focused at the advancing tip of this “vascular sprout”, which breaks down the ECM sufficiently to permit the column of cells to infiltrate and migrate. Behind the advancing front, the endothelial cells differentiate and begin to adhere to each other, thus forming a new basement membrane. The cells then cease proliferation and finally define a lumen for the new arteriole or capillary.

Unregulated angiogenesis has gradually been recognized to be responsible for a wide range of disorders, including, but not limited to, cancer, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and diabetic retinopathy. Folkman, 1995, Nat Med 1(1):27-31; Isner, 1999, Circulation 99(13): 1653-5; Koch, 1998, Arthritis Rheum 41(6):951-62; Walsh, 1999, Rheumatology (Oxford) 38(2):103-12; Ware and Simons, 1997, Nat Med 3(2): 158-64.

Of particular interest is the observation that angiogenesis is required by solid tumors for their growth and metastases. Folkman, 1986 supra; Folkman 1990, J Natl. Cancer Inst., 82(1) 4-6; Folkman, 1992, Semin Cancer Biol 3(2):65-71; Zetter, 1998, Annu Rev Med 49:407-24. A tumor usually begins as a single aberrant cell which can proliferate only to a size of a few cubic millimeters due to the distance from available capillary beds, and it can stay ‘dormant’ without further growth and dissemination for a long period of time. Some tumor cells then switch to the angiogenic phenotype to activate endothelial cells, which proliferate and mature into new capillary blood vessels. These newly formed blood vessels not only allow for continued growth of the primary tumor, but also for the dissemination and recolonization of metastatic tumor cells. The precise mechanisms that control the angiogenic switch is not well understood, but it is believed that neovascularization of tumor mass results from the net balance of a multitude of angiogenesis stimulators and inhibitors Folkman, 1995, supra.

One of the most potent angiogenesis inhibitors is endostatin identified by O'Reilly and Folkman. O'Reilly et al., 1997, Cell 88(2):277-85; O'Reilly et al., 1994, Cell 79(2):3 15-28. Its discovery was based on the phenomenon that certain primary tumors can inhibit the growth of distant metastases. O'Reilly and Folkman hypothesized that a primary tumor initiates angiogenesis by generating angiogenic stimulators in excess of inhibitors. However, angiogenic inhibitors, by virtue of their longer half life in the circulation, reach the site of a secondary tumor in excess of the stimulators. The net result is the growth of primary tumor and inhibition of secondary tumor. Endostatin is one of a growing list of such angiogenesis inhibitors produced by primary tumors. It is a proteolytic fragment of a larger protein: endostatin is a 20 kDa fragment of collagen XVIII (amino acid H1132-K1315 in murine collagen XVIII). Endostatin has been shown to specifically inhibit endothelial cell proliferation in vitro and block angiogenesis in vivo. More importantly, administration of endostatin to tumor-bearing mice leads to significant tumor regression, and no toxicity or drug resistance has been observed even after multiple treatment cycles. Boehm et al., 1997, Nature 390(6658):404-407. The fact that endostatin targets genetically stable endothelial cells and inhibits a variety of solid tumors makes it a very attractive candidate for anticancer therapy. Fidler and Ellis, 1994, Cell 79(2):185-8; Gastl et al., 1997, Oncology 54(3):177-84; Hinsbergh et al., 1999, Ann Oncol 10 Suppl 4:60-3. In addition, angiogenesis inhibitors have been shown to be more effective when combined with radiation and chemotherapeutic agents. Klement, 2000, J. Clin Invest, 105(8) R15-24. Browder, 2000, Cancer Res. 6-(7) 1878-86, Arap et al., 1998, Science 279(5349):377-80; Mauceri et al., 1998, Nature 394(6690):287-91.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention solves many needs in the art by providing nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and antibodies thereto, variants and derivatives of the nucleic acids and polypeptides, and agonists and antagonists thereto that may be used to identify, diagnose, monitor, stage, image and treat colon cancer and/or non-cancerous disease states in colon; identify and monitor colon tissue; and identify and design agonists and antagonists of polypeptides of the invention. The invention also provides gene therapy, methods for producing transgenic animals and cells, and methods for producing engineered colon tissue for treatment and research.

One aspect of the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules that are specific to colon cells, colon tissue and/or the colon organ. These colon specific nucleic acids (CSNAs) may be a naturally occurring cDNA, genomic DNA, RNA, or a fragment of one of these nucleic acids, or may be a non-naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule. If the CSNA is genomic DNA, then the CSNA is a colon specific gene (CSG). If the CSNA is RNA, then it is a colon specific transcript encoded by a CSG. Due to alternative splicing and transcriptional modification one CSG may encode for multiple colon specific RNAs. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that is specific to colon. More preferred is a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In another preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94. For the CSNA sequences listed herein, DEX0450_(—)001.nt.1 corresponds to SEQ ID NO: 1. For sequences with multiple splice variants, the parent sequence DEX0450_(—)001.nt.1, will be followed by DEX0450_(—)001.nt.2, etc. for each splice variant. The sequences off the corresponding peptides are listed as DEX0450_(—)001.aa.1, etc. For the mapping of all of the nucleotides and peptides, see the table in the Example 1 section below.

This aspect of the present invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules that selectively hybridize or exhibit substantial sequence similarity to nucleic acid molecules encoding a Colon Specific Protein (CSP), or that selectively hybridize or exhibit substantial sequence similarity to a CSNA. In one embodiment of the present invention the nucleic acid molecule comprises an allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP, or an allelic variant of a CSNA. In another embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a part of a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a CSP or a part of a nucleic acid sequence of a CSNA.

In addition, this aspect of the present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule further comprising one or more expression control sequences controlling the transcription and/or translation of all or a part of a CSNA or the transcription and/or translation of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes all or a fragment of a CSP.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to vectors and/or host cells comprising a nucleic acid molecule of this invention. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule of the vector and/or host cell encodes all or a fragment of a CSP. In another preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule of the vector and/or host cell comprises all or a part of a CSNA. Vectors and host cells of the present invention are useful in the recombinant production of polypeptides, particularly CSPs of the present invention.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to polypeptides encoded by a nucleic acid molecule of this invention. The polypeptide may comprise either a fragment or a full-length protein. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is a CSP. However, this aspect of the present invention also relates to mutant proteins (muteins) of CSPs, fusion proteins of which a portion is a CSP, and proteins and polypeptides encoded by allelic variants of a CSNA as provided herein.

A further aspect of the present invention is a novel splice variant which encodes an amino acid sequence that provides a novel region to be targeted for the generation of reagents that can be used in the detection and/or treatment of cancer. The novel amino acid sequence may lead to a unique protein structure, protein subcellular localization, biochemical processing or function. This information can be used to directly or indirectly facilitate the generation of additional or novel therapeutics or diagnostics. The nucleotide sequence in this novel splice variant can be used as a nucleic acid probe for the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to antibodies and other binders that specifically bind to a polypeptide of the instant invention. Accordingly antibodies or binders of the present invention specifically bind to CSPs, muteins, fusion proteins, and/or homologous proteins or polypeptides encoded by allelic variants of a CSNA as provided herein.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to agonists and antagonists of the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides of this invention. The agonists and antagonists of the instant invention may be used to treat colon cancer and non-cancerous disease states in colon and to produce engineered colon tissue.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to methods for using the nucleic acid molecules to detect or amplify nucleic acid molecules that have similar or identical nucleic acid sequences compared to the nucleic acid molecules described herein. Such methods are useful in identifying, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating colon cancer and/or non-cancerous disease states in colon. Such methods are also useful in identifying and/or monitoring colon tissue. In addition, measurement of levels of one or more of the nucleic acid molecules of this invention may be useful as a diagnostic as part of a panel in combination with known other markers, particularly those described in the colon cancer background section above.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to use of the nucleic acid molecules of this invention in gene therapy, for producing transgenic animals and cells, and for producing engineered colon tissue for treatment and research.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to methods for detecting polypeptides of this invention, preferably using antibodies thereto. Such methods are useful to identify, diagnose, monitor, stage, image and treat colon cancer and non-cancerous disease states in colon. In addition, measurement of levels of one or more of the polypeptides of this invention may be useful to identify, diagnose, monitor, stage, and/or image colon cancer in combination with known other markers, particularly those described in the colon cancer background section above. The polypeptides of the present invention can also be used to identify and/or monitor colon tissue, and to produce engineered colon tissue.

Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a computer readable means of storing the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the invention. The records of the computer readable means can be accessed for reading and displaying of sequences for comparison, alignment and ordering of the sequences of the invention to other sequences. In addition, the computer records regarding the nucleic acid and/or amino acid sequences and/or measurements of their levels may be used alone or in combination with other markers to diagnose colon related diseases.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVETION

Definitions and General Techniques

Unless otherwise defined herein, scientific and technical terms used in connection with the present invention shall have the meanings that are commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Further, unless otherwise required by context, singular terms shall include pluralities and plural terms shall include the singular. Generally, nomenclatures used in connection with, and techniques of, cell and tissue culture, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, genetics and protein and nucleic acid chemistry and hybridization described herein are those well known and commonly used in the art. The methods and techniques of the present invention are generally performed according to conventional methods well known in the art and as described in various general and more specific references that are cited and discussed throughout the present specification unless otherwise indicated. See, e.g., Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1989) and Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Press (2001); Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Greene Publishing Associates (1992, and Supplements to 2000); Ausubel et al., Short Protocols in Molecular Biology: A Compendium of Methods from Current Protocols in Molecular Biology—4^(th) Ed., Wiley & Sons (1999); Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1990); and Harlow and Lane, Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1999).

Enzymatic reactions and purification techniques are performed according to manufacturer's specifications, as commonly accomplished in the art or as described herein. The nomenclatures used in connection with, and the laboratory procedures and techniques of, analytical chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, and medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry described herein are those well known and commonly used in the art. Standard techniques are used for chemical syntheses, chemical analyses, pharmaceutical preparation, formulation, and delivery, and treatment of patients.

The following terms, unless otherwise indicated, shall be understood to have the following meanings:

A “nucleic acid molecule” of this invention refers to a polymeric form of nucleotides and includes both sense and antisense strands of RNA, cDNA, genomic DNA, and synthetic forms and mixed polymers of the above. A nucleotide refers to a ribonucleotide, deoxynucleotide or a modified form of either type of nucleotide. A “nucleic acid molecule” as used herein is synonymous with “nucleic acid” and “polynucleotide.” The term “nucleic acid molecule” usually refers to a molecule of at least 10 bases in length, unless otherwise specified. The term includes single- and double-stranded forms of DNA. In addition, a polynucleotide may include either or both naturally occurring and modified nucleotides linked together by naturally occurring and/or non-naturally occurring nucleotide linkages.

Nucleotides are represented by single letter symbols in nucleic acid molecule sequences. The following table lists symbols identifying nucleotides or groups of nucleotides which may occupy the symbol position on a nucleic acid molecule. See Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry NC-IUB), Nomenclature for incompletely specified bases in nucleic acid sequences, Recommendations 1984., Eur J Biochem. 150(1):1-5 (1985). Complementary Symbol Meaning Group/Origin of Designation Symbol a a Adenine t/u g g Guanine c c c Cytosine g t t Thymine a u u Uracil a r g or a puRine y y t/u or c pYrimidine r m a or c aMino k k g or t/u Keto m s g or c Strong interactions 3H-bonds w w a or t/u Weak interactions 2H-bonds s b g or c or t/u not a v d a or g or t/u not c h h a or c or t/u not g d v a or g or c not t, not u b n a or g or c aNy n or t/u, unknown, or other

The nucleic acid molecules may be modified chemically or biochemically or may contain non-natural or derivatized nucleotide bases, as will be readily appreciated by those of skill in the art Such modifications include, for example, labels, methylation, substitution of one or more of the naturally occurring nucleotides with an analog, internucleotide modifications such as uncharged linkages (e.g., methyl phosphonates, phosphotriesters, phosphoramidates, carbamates, etc.), charged linkages (e.g., phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, etc.), pendent moieties (e.g., polypeptides), intercalators (e.g., acridine, psoralen, etc.), chelators, alkylators, and modified linkages (e.g., alpha anomeric nucleic acids, etc.) The term “nucleic acid molecule” also includes any topological conformation, including single-stranded, double-stranded, partially duplexed, triplexed, hairpinned, circular and padlocked conformations. Also included are synthetic molecules that mimic polynucleotides in their ability to bind to a designated sequence via hydrogen bonding and other chemical interactions. Such molecules are known in the art and include, for example, those in which peptide linkages substitute for phosphate linkages in the backbone of the molecule.

A “gene” is defined as a nucleic acid molecule that comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide and the expression control sequences that surround the nucleic acid sequence that encodes the polypeptide. For instance, a gene may comprise a promoter, one or more enhancers, a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide, downstream regulatory sequences and, possibly, other nucleic acid sequences involved in regulation of the expression of an RNA. As is well known in the art, eukaryotic genes usually contain both exons and introns. The term “exon” refers to a nucleic acid sequence found in genomic DNA that is bioinformatically predicted and/or experimentally confirmed to contribute contiguous sequence to a mature mRNA transcript. The term “intron” refers to a nucleic acid sequence found in genomic DNA that is predicted and/or confirmed to not contribute to a mature mRNA transcript, but rather to be “spliced out” during processing of the transcript.

A nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is “derived” from a particular species if the nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide has been isolated from the particular species, or if the nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is homologous to a nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide isolated from a particular species.

An “isolated” or “substantially pure” nucleic acid or polynucleotide (e.g., an RNA, DNA or a mixed polymer) is one which is substantially separated from other cellular components that naturally accompany the native polynucleotide in its natural host cell, e.g., ribosomes, polymerases, or genomic sequences with which it is naturally associated. The term embraces a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that (1) has been removed from its naturally occurring environment, (2) is not associated with all or a portion of a polynucleotide in which the “isolated polynucleotide” is found in nature, (3) is operatively linked to a polynucleotide which it is not linked to in nature, (4) does not occur in nature as part of a larger sequence or (5) includes nucleotides or internucleoside bonds that are not found in nature. The term “isolated” or “substantially pure” also can be used in reference to recombinant or cloned DNA isolates, chemically synthesized polynucleotide analogs, or polynucleotide analogs that are biologically synthesized by heterologous systems. The term “isolated nucleic acid molecule” includes nucleic acid molecules that are integrated into a host cell chromosome at a heterologous site, recombinant fusions of a native fragment to a heterologous sequence, recombinant vectors present as episomes or as integrated into a host cell chromosome.

A “part” of a nucleic acid molecule refers to a nucleic acid molecule that comprises a partial contiguous sequence of at least 10 bases of the reference nucleic acid molecule. Preferably, a part comprises at least 15 to 20 bases of a reference nucleic acid molecule. In theory, a nucleic acid sequence of 17 nucleotides is of sufficient length to occur at random less frequently than once in the three gigabase human genome, and thus provides a nucleic acid probe that can uniquely identify the reference sequence in a nucleic acid mixture of genomic complexity. A preferred part is one that comprises a nucleic acid sequence that can encode at least 6 contiguous amino acid sequences (fragments of at least 18 nucleotides) because they are useful in directing the expression or synthesis of peptides that are useful in mapping the epitopes of the polypeptide encoded by the reference nucleic acid. See, e.g., Geysen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81:3998-4002 (1984); and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,708,871 and 5,595,915, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. A part may also comprise at least 25, 30, 35 or 40 nucleotides of a reference nucleic acid molecule, or at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 or 500 nucleotides of a reference nucleic acid molecule. A part of a nucleic acid molecule may comprise no other nucleic acid sequences. Alternatively, a part of a nucleic acid may comprise other nucleic acid sequences from other nucleic acid molecules.

The term “oligonucleotide” refers to a nucleic acid molecule generally comprising a length of 200 bases or fewer. The term often refers to single-stranded deoxyribonucleotides, but it can refer as well to single-or double-stranded ribonucleotides, RNA:DNA hybrids and double-stranded DNAs, among others. Preferably, oligonucleotides are 10 to 60 bases in length and most preferably 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 bases in length. Other preferred oligonucleotides are 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 or 60 bases in length. Oligonucleotides may be single-stranded, e.g. for use as probes or primers, or may be double-stranded, e.g. for use in the construction of a mutant gene. Oligonucleotides of the invention can be either sense or antisense oligonucleotides. An oligonucleotide can be derivatized or modified as discussed above for nucleic acid molecules.

Oligonucleotides, such as single-stranded DNA probe oligonucleotides, often are synthesized by chemical methods, such as those implemented on automated oligonucleotide synthesizers. However, oligonucleotides can be made by a variety of other methods, including in vitro recombinant DNA-mediated techniques and by expression of DNAs in cells and organisms. Initially, chemically synthesized DNAs typically are obtained without a 5′ phosphate. The 5′ ends of such oligonucleotides are not substrates for phosphodiester bond formation by ligation reactions that employ DNA ligases typically used to form recombinant DNA molecules. Where ligation of such oligonucleotides is desired, a phosphate can be added by standard techniques, such as those that employ a kinase and ATP. The 3′ end of a chemically synthesized oligonucleotide generally has a free hydroxyl group and, in the presence of a ligase, such as T4 DNA ligase, readily will form a phosphodiester bond with a 5′ phosphate of another polynucleotide, such as another oligonucleotide. As is well known, this reaction can be prevented selectively, where desired, by removing the 5′ phosphates of the other polynucleotide(s) prior to ligation.

The term “naturally occurring nucleotide” referred to herein includes naturally occurring deoxyribonucleotides and ribonucleotides. The term “modified nucleotides” referred to herein includes nucleotides with modified or substituted sugar groups and the like. The term “nucleotide linkages” referred to herein includes nucleotide linkages such as phosphorothioate, phosphorodithioate, phosphoroselenoate, phosphorodiselenoate, phosphoroanilothioate, phoshoraniladate, phosphoroamidate, and the like. See e.g., LaPlanche et al. Nucl. Acids Res. 14:9081-9093 (1986); Stein et al. Nucl. Acids Res. 16:3209-3221 (1988); Zon et al. Anti-Cancer Drug Design 6:539-568 (1991); Zon et., in Eckstein (ed.) Oligonucleotides and Analogues: A Practical Approach. pp. 87-108, Oxford University Press (1991); Uhlmann and Peyman Chemical Reviews 90:543 (1990), and U.S. Pat. No. 5,151,510, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

Unless specified otherwise, the left hand end of a polynucleotide sequence in sense orientation is the 5′ end and the right hand end of the sequence is the 3′ end. In addition, the left hand direction of a polynucleotide sequence in sense orientation is referred to as the 5′ direction, while the right hand direction of the polynucleotide sequence is referred to as the 3′ direction. Further, unless otherwise indicated, each nucleotide sequence is set forth herein as a sequence of deoxyribonucleotides. It is intended, however, that the given sequence be interpreted as would be appropriate to the polynucleotide composition: for example, if the isolated nucleic acid is composed of RNA, the given sequence intends ribonucleotides, with uridine substituted for thymidine.

The term “allelic variant” refers to one of two or more alternative naturally occurring forms of a gene, wherein each gene possesses a unique nucleotide sequence. In a preferred embodiment, different alleles of a given gene have similar or identical biological properties.

The term “percent sequence identity” in the context of nucleic acid sequences refers to the residues in two sequences which are the same when aligned for maximum correspondence. The length of sequence identity comparison may be over a stretch of at least about nine nucleotides, usually at least about 20 nucleotides, more usually at least about 24 nucleotides, typically at least about 28 nucleotides, more typically at least about 32 nucleotides, and preferably at least about 36 or more nucleotides. There are a number of different algorithms known in the art which can be used to measure nucleotide sequence identity. For instance, polynucleotide sequences can be compared using FASTA, Gap or Bestfit, which are programs in Wisconsin Package Version 10.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis. FASTA, which includes, e.g., the programs FASTA2 and FASTA3, provides alignments and percent sequence identity of the regions of the best overlap between the query and search sequences (Pearson, Methods Enzymol. 183: 63-98 (1990); Pearson, Methods Mol. Biol. 132: 185-219 (2000); Pearson, Methods Enzymol. 266: 227-258 (1996); Pearson, J. Mol. Biol. 276: 71-84 (1998)). Unless otherwise specified, default parameters for a particular program or algorithm are used. For instance, percent sequence identity between nucleic acid sequences can be determined using FASTA with its default parameters (a word size of 6 and the NOPAM factor for the scoring matrix) or using Gap with its default parameters as provided in GCG Version 6.1.

A reference to a nucleic acid sequence encompasses its complement unless otherwise specified. Thus, a reference to a nucleic acid molecule having a particular sequence should be understood to encompass its complementary strand, with its complementary sequence. The complementary strand is also useful, e.g., for antisense therapy, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) inhibition (RNAi), combination of triplex and antisense, hybridization probes and PCR primers.

In the molecular biology art, researchers use the terms “percent sequence identity”, “percent sequence similarity” and “percent sequence homology” interchangeably. In this application, these terms shall have the same meaning with respect to nucleic acid sequences only.

The term “substantial similarity” or “substantial sequence similarity,” when referring to a nucleic acid or fragment thereof, indicates that, when optimally aligned with appropriate nucleotide insertions or deletions with another nucleic acid (or its complementary strand), there is nucleotide sequence identity in at least about 50%, more preferably 60% of the nucleotide bases, usually at least about 70%, more usually at least about 80%, preferably at least about 90%, and more preferably at least about 95-98% of the nucleotide bases, as measured by any well known algorithm of sequence identity, such as FASTA, BLAST or Gap, as discussed above.

Alternatively, substantial similarity exists between a first and second nucleic acid sequence when the first nucleic acid sequence or fragment thereof hybridizes to an antisense strand of the second nucleic acid, under selective hybridization conditions. Typically, selective hybridization will occur between the first nucleic acid sequence and an antisense strand of the second nucleic acid sequence when there is at least about 55% sequence identity between the first and second nucleic acid sequences—preferably at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 75%, and most preferably at least about 90%—over a stretch of at least about 14 nucleotides, more preferably at least 17 nucleotides, even more preferably at least 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 nucleotides.

Nucleic acid hybridization will be affected by such conditions as salt concentration, temperature, solvents, the base composition of the hybridizing species, length of the complementary regions, and the number of nucleotide base mismatches between the hybridizing nucleic acids, as will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art. “Stringent hybridization conditions” and “stringent wash conditions” in the context of nucleic acid hybridization experiments depend upon a number of different physical parameters. The most important parameters include temperature of hybridization, base composition of the nucleic acids, salt concentration and length of the nucleic acid. One having ordinary skill in the art knows how to vary these parameters to achieve a particular stringency of hybridization. In general, “stringent hybridization” is performed at about 25° C. below the thermal melting point (T_(m)) for the specific DNA hybrid under a particular set of conditions. “Stringent washing” is performed at temperatures about 5° C. lower than the T_(m) for the specific DNA hybrid under a particular set of conditions. The T_(m) is the temperature at which 50% of the target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matched probe. See Sambrook (1989), supra, p. 9.51.

The T_(m) for a particular DNA-DNA hybrid can be estimated by the formula: T _(m)=81.5° C.+16.6(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.41(fraction G+C)−0.63(% formamide)−(600/l) where l is the length of the hybrid in base pairs.

The T_(m) for a particular RNA-RNA hybrid can be estimated by the formula: T _(m)=79.8° C.+18.5(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.58 (fraction G+C)+11.8(fraction G+C)²−0.35 (% formamide)−(820/l).

The T_(m) for a particular RNA-DNA hybrid can be estimated by the formula: T _(m)=79.8° C.+18.5(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.58 (fraction G+C)+11.8(fraction G+C)²−0.50(% formamide)−(820/l).

In general, the T_(m) decreases by 1-1.5° C. for each 1% of mismatch between two nucleic acid sequences. Thus, one having ordinary skill in the art can alter hybridization and/or washing conditions to obtain sequences that have higher or lower degrees of sequence identity to the target nucleic acid. For instance, to obtain hybridizing nucleic acids that contain up to 10% mismatch from the target nucleic acid sequence, 10-15° C. would be subtracted from the calculated T_(m) of a perfectly matched hybrid, and then the hybridization and washing temperatures adjusted accordingly. Probe sequences may also hybridize specifically to duplex DNA under certain conditions to form triplex or other higher order DNA complexes. The preparation of such probes and suitable hybridization conditions are well known in the art.

An example of stringent hybridization conditions for hybridization of complementary nucleic acid sequences having more than 100 complementary residues on a filter in a Southern or Northern blot or for screening a library is 50% formamide/6×SSC at 42° C. for at least ten hours and preferably overnight (approximately 16 hours). Another example of stringent hybridization conditions is 6×SSC at 68° C. without formamide for at least ten hours and preferably overnight. An example of moderate stringency hybridization conditions is 6×SSC at 55° C. without formamide for at least ten hours and preferably overnight. An example of low stringency hybridization conditions for hybridization of complementary nucleic acid sequences having more than 100 complementary residues on a filter in a Southern or northern blot or for screening a library is 6×SSC at 42° C. for at least ten hours. Hybridization conditions to identify nucleic acid sequences that are similar but not identical can be identified by experimentally changing the hybridization temperature from 68° C. to 42° C. while keeping the salt concentration constant (6×SSC), or keeping the hybridization temperature and salt concentration constant (e.g. 42° C. and 6×SSC) and varying the formamide concentration from 50% to 0%. Hybridization buffers may also include blocking agents to lower background. These agents are well known in the art. See Sambrook et al. (1989), supra, pages 8.46 and 9.46-9.58. See also Ausubel (1992), supra, Ausubel (1999), supra, and Sambrook (2001), supra.

Wash conditions also can be altered to change stringency conditions. An example of stringent wash conditions is a 0.2× SSC wash at 65° C. for 15 minutes (see Sambrook (1989), supra, for SSC buffer). Often the high stringency wash is preceded by a low stringency wash to remove excess probe. An exemplary medium stringency wash for duplex DNA of more than 100 base pairs is 1×SSC at 45° C. for 15 minutes. An exemplary low stringency wash for such a duplex is 4×SSC at 40° C. for 15 minutes. In general, signal-to-noise ratio of 2× or higher than that observed for an unrelated probe in the particular hybridization assay indicates detection of a specific hybridization.

As defined herein, nucleic acids that do not hybridize to each other under stringent conditions are still substantially similar to one another if they encode polypeptides that are substantially identical to each other. This occurs, for example, when a nucleic acid is created synthetically or recombinantly using a high codon degeneracy as permitted by the redundancy of the genetic code.

Hybridization conditions for nucleic acid molecules that are shorter than 100 nucleotides in length (e.g., for oligonucleotide probes) may be calculated by the formula:

T_(m)=81.5° C.+16.6(log₁₀[Na⁺])+0.41(fraction G+C)−(600/N), wherein N is change length and the [Na⁺] is 1 M or less. See Sambrook (1989), supra, p. 11.46. For hybridization of probes shorter than 100 nucleotides, hybridization is usually performed under stringent conditions (5-10° C. below the T_(m)) using high concentrations (0.1-1.0 pmol/ml) of probe. Id. at p. 11.45. Determination of hybridization using mismatched probes, pools of degenerate probes or “guessmers,” as well as hybridization solutions and methods for empirically determining hybridization conditions are well known in the art. See, e.g., Ausubel (1999), supra; Sambrook (1989), supra, pp. 11.45-11.57.

The term “digestion” or “digestion of DNA” refers to catalytic cleavage of the DNA with a restriction enzyme that acts only at certain sequences in the DNA. The various restriction enzymes referred to herein are commercially available and their reaction conditions, cofactors and other requirements for use are known and routine to the skilled artisan. For analytical purposes, typically, 1 μg of plasmid or DNA fragment is digested with about 2 units of enzyme in about 20 μl of reaction buffer. For the purpose of isolating DNA fragments for plasmid construction, typically 5 to 50 μg of DNA are digested with 20 to 250 units of enzyme in proportionately larger volumes. Appropriate buffers and substrate amounts for particular restriction enzymes are described in standard laboratory manuals, such as those referenced below, and are specified by commercial suppliers. Incubation times of about 1 hour at 37° C. are ordinarily used, but conditions may vary in accordance with standard procedures, the supplier's instructions and the particulars of the reaction. After digestion, reactions may be analyzed, and fragments may be purified by electrophoresis through an agarose or polyacrylamide gel, using well known methods that are routine for those skilled in the art.

The term “ligation” refers to the process of forming phosphodiester bonds between two or more polynucleotides, which most often are double-stranded DNAs. Techniques for ligation are well known to the art and protocols for ligation are described in standard laboratory manuals and references, such as, e.g., Sambrook (1989), supra.

Genome-derived “single exon probes,” are probes that comprise at least part of an exon (“reference exon”) and can hybridize detectably under high stringency conditions to transcript-derived nucleic acids that include the reference exon but do not hybridize detectably under high stringency conditions to nucleic acids that lack the reference exon. Single exon probes typically further comprise, contiguous to a first end of the exon portion, a first intronic and/or intergenic sequence that is identically contiguous to the exon in the genome, and may contain a second intronic and/or intergenic sequence that is identically contiguous to the exon in the genome. The minimum length of genome-derived single exon probes is defined by the requirement that the exonic portion be of sufficient length to hybridize under high stringency conditions to transcript-derived nucleic acids, as discussed above. The maximum length of genome-derived single exon probes is defined by the requirement that the probes contain portions of no more than one exon. The single exon probes may contain priming sequences not found in contiguity with the rest of the probe sequence in the genome, which priming sequences are useful for PCR and other amplification-based technologies. In another aspect, the invention is directed to single exon probes based on the CSNAs disclosed herein.

In one embodiment, the term “microarray” refers to a “nucleic acid microarray” having a substrate-bound plurality of nucleic acids, hybridization to each of the plurality of bound nucleic acids being separately detectable. The substrate can be solid or porous, planar or non-planar, unitary or distributed. Nucleic acid microarrays include all the devices so called in Schena (ed.), DNA Microarrays: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series), Oxford University Press (1999); Nature Genet. 21(1)(suppl.):1-60 (1999); Schena (ed.), Microarray Biochip: Tools and Technology, Eaton Publishing Company/BioTechniques Books Division (2000). Additionally, these nucleic acid microarrays include a substrate-bound plurality of nucleic acids in which the plurality of nucleic acids are disposed on a plurality of beads, rather than on a unitary planar substrate, as is described, inter alia, in Brenner et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97(4):1665-1670 (2000). Examples of nucleic acid microarrays may be found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,391,623, 6,383,754, 6,383,749, 6,380,377, 6,379,897, 6,376,191, 6,372,431, 6,351,712 6,344,316, 6,316,193, 6,312,906, 6,309,828, 6,309,824, 6,306,643, 6,300,063, 6,287,850, 6,284,497, 6,284,465, 6,280,954, 6,262,216, 6,251,601, 6,245,518, 6,263,287, 6,251,601, 6,238,866, 6,228,575, 6,214,587, 6,203,989, 6,171,797, 6,103,474, 6,083,726, 6,054,274, 6,040,138, 6,083,726, 6,004,755, 6,001,309, 5,958,342, 5,952,180, 5,936,731, 5,843,655, 5,814,454, 5,837,196, 5,436,327, 5,412,087, and 5,405,783, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

In an alternative embodiment, a “microarray” may also refer to a “peptide microarray” or “protein microarray” having a substrate-bound collection or plurality of polypeptides, the binding to each of the plurality of bound polypeptides being separately detectable. Alternatively, the peptide microarray may have a plurality of binders, including but not limited to monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, phage display binders, yeast 2 hybrid binders, and aptamers, which can specifically detect the binding of the polypeptides of this invention. The array may be based on autoantibody detection to the polypeptides of this invention, see Robinson et al., Nature Medicine 8(3):295-301 (2002). Examples of peptide arrays may be found in WO 02/31463, WO 02/25288, WO 01/94946, WO 01/88162, WO 01/68671, WO 01/57259, WO 00/61806, WO 00/54046, WO 00/47774, WO 99/40434, WO 99/39210, and WO 97/42507 and U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,268,210, 5,766,960, and 5,143,854, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

In addition, determination of the levels of the CSNA or CSP may be made in a multiplex manner using techniques described in WO 02/29109, WO 02/24959, WO 01/83502, WO 01/73113, WO 01/59432, WO 01/57269, and WO 99/67641, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

The term “mutant”, “mutated”, or “mutation” when applied to nucleic acid sequences means that nucleotides in a nucleic acid sequence may be inserted, deleted or changed compared to a reference nucleic acid sequence. A single alteration may be made at a locus (a point mutation) or multiple nucleotides may be inserted, deleted or changed at a single locus. In addition, one or more alterations may be made at any number of loci within a nucleic acid sequence. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the nucleic acid sequence is the wild type nucleic acid sequence encoding a CSP or is a CSNA. The nucleic acid sequence may be mutated by any method known in the art including those mutagenesis techniques described infra.

The term “error-prone PCR” refers to a process for performing PCR under conditions where the copying fidelity of the DNA polymerase is low, such that a high rate of point mutations is obtained along the entire length of the PCR product. See, e.g., Leung et al., Technique 1: 11-15 (1989) and Caldwell et al., PCR Methods Applic. 2: 28-33 (1992).

The term “oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis” refers to a process which enables the generation of site-specific mutations in any cloned DNA segment of interest. See, e.g., Reidhaar-Olson et al., Science 241: 53-57 (1988).

The term “assembly PCR” refers to a process which involves the assembly of a PCR product from a mixture of small DNA fragments. A large number of different PCR reactions occur in parallel in the same vial, with the products of one reaction priming the products of another reaction.

The term “sexual PCR mutagenesis” or “DNA shuffling” refers to a method of error-prone PCR coupled with forced homologous recombination between DNA molecules of different but highly related DNA sequence in vitro, caused by random fragmentation of the DNA molecule based on sequence similarity, followed by fixation of the crossover by primer extension in an error-prone PCR reaction. See, e.g. Stemmer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91: 10747-10751 (1994). DNA shuffling can be carried out between several related genes (“Family shuffling”).

The term “in vivo mutagenesis” refers to a process of generating random mutations in any cloned DNA of interest which involves the propagation of the DNA in a strain of bacteria such as E. coli that carries mutations in one or more of the DNA repair pathways. These “mutator” strains have a higher random mutation rate than that of a wild-type parent. Propagating the DNA in a mutator strain will eventually generate random mutations within the DNA.

The term “cassette mutagenesis” refers to any process for replacing a small region of a double-stranded DNA molecule with a synthetic oligonucleotide “cassette” that differs from the native sequence. The oligonucleotide often contains completely and/or partially randomized native sequence.

The term “recursive ensemble mutagenesis” refers to an algorithm for protein engineering (protein mutagenesis) developed to produce diverse populations of phenotypically related mutants whose members differ in amino acid sequence. This method uses a feedback mechanism to control successive rounds of combinatorial cassette mutagenesis. See, e.g., Arkin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89: 7811-7815 (1992).

The term “exponential ensemble mutagenesis” refers to a process for generating combinatorial libraries with a high percentage of unique and functional mutants, wherein small groups of residues are randomized in parallel to identify, at each altered position, amino acids which lead to functional proteins. See, e.g., Delegrave et al., Biotechnology Research 11: 1548-1552 (1993); Arnold, Current Opinion in Biotechnology 4: 450-455 (1993).

“Operatively linked” expression control sequences refers to a linkage in which the expression control sequence is either contiguous with the gene of interest to control the gene of interest, or acts in trans or at a distance to control the gene of interest.

The term “expression control sequence” as used herein refers to polynucleotide sequences which are necessary to affect the expression of coding sequences to which they are operatively linked. Expression control sequences are sequences which control the transcription, post-transcriptional events and translation of nucleic acid sequences. Expression control sequences include appropriate transcription initiation, termination, promoter and enhancer sequences; efficient RNA processing signals such as splicing and polyadenylation signals; sequences that stabilize cytoplasmic mRNA; sequences that enhance translation efficiency (e.g., ribosome binding sites); sequences that enhance protein stability; and when desired, sequences that enhance protein secretion. The nature of such control sequences differs depending upon the host organism; in prokaryotes, such control sequences generally include promoter, ribosomal binding site, and transcription termination sequence. The term “control sequences” is intended to include, at a minimum, all components whose presence is essential for expression, and can also include additional components whose presence is advantageous, for example, leader sequences and fusion partner sequences.

The term “vector,” as used herein, is intended to refer to a nucleic acid molecule capable of transporting another nucleic acid to which it has been linked. One type of vector is a “plasmid”, which refers to a circular double-stranded DNA loop into which additional DNA segments may be ligated. Other vectors include cosmids, bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) and yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC). Another type of vector is a viral vector, wherein additional DNA segments may be ligated into the viral genome. Viral vectors that infect bacterial cells are referred to as bacteriophages. Certain vectors are capable of autonomous replication in a host cell into which they are introduced (e.g., bacterial vectors having a bacterial origin of replication). Other vectors can be integrated into the genome of a host cell upon introduction into the host cell, and thereby are replicated along with the host genome. Moreover, certain vectors are capable of directing the expression of genes to which they are operatively linked. Such vectors are referred to herein as “recombinant expression vectors” (or simply, “expression vectors”). In general, expression vectors of utility in recombinant DNA techniques are often in the form of plasmids. In the present specification, “plasmid” and “vector” may be used interchangeably as the plasmid is the most commonly used form of vector. However, the invention is intended to include other forms of expression vectors that serve equivalent functions.

The term “recombinant host cell” (or simply “host cell”), as used herein, is intended to refer to a cell into which a recombinant expression vector has been introduced. It should be understood that such terms are intended to refer not only to the particular subject cell but to the progeny of such a cell. Because certain modifications may occur in succeeding generations due to either mutation or environmental influences, such progeny may not, in fact, be identical to the parent cell, but are still included within the scope of the term “host cell” as used herein.

As used herein, the phrase “open reading frame” and the equivalent acronym “ORF” refers to that portion of a transcript-derived nucleic acid that can be translated in its entirety into a sequence of contiguous amino acids. As so defined, an ORF has length, measured in nucleotides, exactly divisible by 3. As so defined, an ORF need not encode the entirety of a natural protein.

As used herein, the phrase “ORF-encoded peptide” refers to the predicted or actual translation of an ORF.

As used herein, the phrase “degenerate variant” of a reference nucleic acid sequence is meant to be inclusive of all nucleic acid sequences that can be directly translated, using the standard genetic code, to provide an amino acid sequence identical to that translated from the reference nucleic acid sequence.

The term “polypeptide” encompasses both naturally occurring and non-naturally occurring proteins and polypeptides, as well as polypeptide fragments and polypeptide mutants, derivatives and analogs thereof. A polypeptide may be monomeric or polymeric. Further, a polypeptide may comprise a number of different modules within a single polypeptide each of which has one or more distinct activities. A preferred polypeptide in accordance with the invention comprises a CSP encoded by a nucleic acid molecule of the instant invention, or a fragment, mutant, analog or derivative thereof.

The term “isolated protein” or “isolated polypeptide” is a protein or polypeptide that by virtue of its origin or source of derivation (1) is not associated with naturally associated components that accompany it in its native state, (2) is free of other proteins from the same species (3) is expressed by a cell from a different species, or (4) does not occur in nature. Thus, a polypeptide that is chemically synthesized or synthesized in a cellular system different from the cell from which it naturally originates will be “isolated” from its naturally associated components. A polypeptide or protein may also be rendered substantially free of naturally associated components by isolation, using protein purification techniques well known in the art.

A protein or polypeptide is “substantially pure,” “substantially homogeneous” or “substantially purified” when at least about 60% to 75% of a sample exhibits a single species of polypeptide. The polypeptide or protein may be monomeric or multimeric. A substantially pure polypeptide or protein will typically comprise about 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% W/W of a protein sample, more usually about 95%, and preferably will be over 99% pure. Protein purity or homogeneity may be determined by a number of means well known in the art, such as polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of a protein sample, followed by visualizing a single polypeptide band upon staining the gel with a stain well known in the art. For certain purposes, higher resolution may be provided by using BPLC or other means well known in the art for purification.

The term “fragment” when used herein with respect to polypeptides of the present invention refers to a polypeptide that has an amino-terminal and/or carboxy-terminal deletion compared to a full-length CSP. In a preferred embodiment, the fragment is a contiguous sequence in which the amino acid sequence of the fragment is identical to the corresponding positions in the naturally occurring polypeptide. Fragments typically are at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 amino acids long, preferably at least 12, 14, 16 or 18 amino acids long, more preferably at least 20 amino acids long, more preferably at least 25, 30, 35, 40 or 45, amino acids, even more preferably at least 50 or 60 amino acids long, and even more preferably at least 70 amino acids long.

A “derivative” when used herein with respect to polypeptides of the present invention refers to a polypeptide which is substantially similar in primary structural sequence to a CSP but which includes, e.g., in vivo or in vitro chemical and biochemical modifications that are not found in the CSP. Such modifications include, for example, acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphotidylinositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent cross-links, formation of cystine, formation of pyroglutamate, formylation, gamma-carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI anchor formation, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, selenoylation, sulfation, transfer-RNA mediated addition of amino acids to proteins such as arginylation, and ubiquitination. Other modifications include, e.g., labeling with radionuclides, and various enzymatic modifications, as will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art. A variety of methods for labeling polypeptides and of substituents or labels useful for such purposes are well known in the art, and include radioactive isotopes such as ¹²⁵I, ³²P, ³⁵S, ¹⁴C and ³H, ligands which bind to labeled antiligands (e.g., antibodies), fluorophores, chemiluminescent agents, enzymes, and antiligands which can serve as specific binding pair members for a labeled ligand. The choice of label depends on the sensitivity required, ease of conjugation with the primer, stability requirements, and available instrumentation. Methods for labeling polypeptides are well known in the art. See Ausubel (1992), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra.

The term “fusion protein” refers to polypeptides of the present invention coupled to a heterologous amino acid sequence. Fusion proteins are useful because they can be constructed to contain two or more desired functional elements from two or more different proteins. A fusion protein comprises at least 10 contiguous amino acids from a polypeptide of interest, more preferably at least 20 or 30 amino acids, even more preferably at least 40, 50 or 60 amino acids, yet more preferably at least 75, 100 or 125 amino acids. Fusion proteins can be produced recombinantly by constructing a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the polypeptide or a fragment thereof in frame with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a different protein or peptide and then expressing the fusion protein. Alternatively, a fusion protein can be produced chemically by crosslinking the polypeptide or a fragment thereof to another protein.

The term “analog” refers to both polypeptide analogs and non-peptide analogs. The term “polypeptide analog” as used herein refers to a polypeptide that is comprised of a segment of at least 25 amino acids that has substantial identity to a portion of an amino acid sequence but which contains non-natural amino acids or non-natural inter-residue bonds. In a preferred embodiment, the analog has the same or similar biological activity as the native polypeptide. Typically, polypeptide analogs comprise a conservative amino acid substitution (or insertion or deletion) with respect to the naturally occurring sequence. Analogs typically are at least 20 amino acids long, preferably at least 50 amino acids long or longer, and can often be as long as a fall-length naturally occurring polypeptide.

The term “non-peptide analog” refers to a compound with properties that are analogous to those of a reference polypeptide. A non-peptide compound may also be termed a “peptide mimetic” or a “peptidomimetic.” Such compounds are often developed with the aid of computerized molecular modeling. Peptide mimetics that are structurally similar to useful peptides may be used to produce an equivalent effect. Generally, peptidomimetics are structurally similar to a paradigm polypeptide (i.e., a polypeptide that has a desired biochemical property or pharmacological activity), but have one or more peptide linkages optionally replaced by a linkage selected from the group consisting of: —CH₂NH—, —CH₂S—, —CH₂—CH₂—, —CH═CH— (cis and trans), —COCH₂—, —CH(OH)CH₂—, and —CH₂SO—, by methods well known in the art. Systematic substitution of one or more amino acids of a consensus sequence with a D-amino acid of the same type (e.g., D-lysine in place of L-lysine) may also be used to generate more stable peptides. In addition, constrained peptides comprising a consensus sequence or a substantially identical consensus sequence variation may be generated by methods known in the art (Rizo et al., Ann. Rev. Biochem. 61:387-418 (1992)). For example, one may add internal cysteine residues capable of forming intramolecular disulfide bridges which cyclize the peptide.

The term “mutant” or “mutein” when referring to a polypeptide of the present invention relates to an amino acid sequence containing substitutions, insertions or deletions of one or more amino acids compared to the amino acid sequence of a CSP. A mutein may have one or more amino acid point substitutions, in which a single amino acid at a position has been changed to another amino acid, one or more insertions and/or deletions, in which one or more amino acids are inserted or deleted, respectively, in the sequence of the naturally occurring protein, and/or truncations of the amino acid sequence at either or both the amino or carboxy termini. Further, a mutein may have the same or different biological activity as the naturally occurring protein. For instance, a mutein may have an increased or decreased biological activity. A mutein has at least 50% sequence similarity to the wild type protein, preferred is 60% sequence similarity, more preferred is 70% sequence similarity. Even more preferred are muteins having 80%, 85% or 90% sequence similarity to a CSP. In an even more preferred embodiment, a mutein exhibits 95% sequence identity, even more preferably 97%, even more preferably 98% and even more preferably 99%. Sequence similarity may be measured by any common sequence analysis algorithm, such as GAP or BESTFIT or other variation Smith-Waterman alignment. See, T. F. Smith and M. S. Waterman, J. Mol. Biol. 147:195-197 (1981) and W. R. Pearson, Genomics 11:635-650 (1991).

Preferred amino acid substitutions are those which: (1) reduce susceptibility to proteolysis, (2) reduce susceptibility to oxidation, (3) alter binding affinity for forming protein complexes, (4) alter binding affinity or enzymatic activity, and (5) confer or modify other physicochemical or functional properties of such analogs. For example, single or multiple amino acid substitutions (preferably conservative amino acid substitutions) may be made in the naturally occurring sequence (preferably in the portion of the polypeptide outside the domain(s) forming intermolecular contacts. In a preferred embodiment, the amino acid substitutions are moderately conservative substitutions or conservative substitutions. In a more preferred embodiment, the amino acid substitutions are conservative substitutions. A conservative amino acid substitution should not substantially change the structural characteristics of the parent sequence (e.g., a replacement amino acid should not tend to disrupt a helix that occurs in the parent sequence, or disrupt other types of secondary structure that characterize the parent sequence). Examples of art-recognized polypeptide secondary and tertiary structures are described in Creighton (ed.), Proteins, Structures and Molecular Principles, W. H. Freeman and Company (1984); Branden et al. (ed.), Introduction to Protein Structure, Garland Publishing (1991); Thornton et al., Nature 354:105-106 (1991).

As used herein, the twenty conventional amino acids and their abbreviations follow conventional usage. See Golub et al., (eds.), Immunology—A Synthesis 2^(nd) Ed., Sinauer Associates (1991). Stereoisomers (e.g., D-amino acids) of the twenty conventional amino acids, unnatural amino acids such as α-,α-disubstituted amino acids, N-alkyl amino acids, and other unconventional amino acids may also be suitable components for polypeptides of the present invention. Examples of unconventional amino acids include: 4-hydroxyproline, γ-carboxyglutamate, ε-N,N,N-trimethyllysine, ε-N-acetyllysine, O-phosphoserine, N-acetylserine, N-formylmethionine, 3-methylhistidine, 5-hydroxylysine, s-N-methylarginine, and other similar amino acids and imino acids (e.g., 4-hydroxyproline). In the polypeptide notation used herein, the lefthand direction is the amino terminal direction and the right hand direction is the carboxy-terminal direction, in accordance with standard usage and convention.

By “homology” or “homologous” when referring to a polypeptide of the present invention it is meant polypeptides from different organisms with a similar sequence to the encoded amino acid sequence of a CSP and a similar biological activity or function. Although two polypeptides are said to be “homologous,” this does not imply that there is necessarily an evolutionary relationship between the polypeptides. Instead, the term “homologous” is defined to mean that the two polypeptides have similar amino acid sequences and similar biological activities or functions. In a preferred embodiment, a homologous polypeptide is one that exhibits 50% sequence similarity to CSP, preferred is 60% sequence similarity, more preferred is 70% sequence similarity. Even more preferred are homologous polypeptides that exhibit 80%, 85% or 90% sequence similarity to a CSP. In yet a more preferred embodiment, a homologous polypeptide exhibits 95%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence similarity.

When “sequence similarity” is used in reference to polypeptides, it is recognized that residue positions that are not identical often differ by conservative amino acid substitutions. In a preferred embodiment, a polypeptide that has “sequence similarity” comprises conservative or moderately conservative amino acid substitutions. A “conservative amino acid substitution” is one in which an amino acid residue is substituted by another amino acid residue having a side chain (R group) with similar chemical properties (e.g., charge or hydrophobicity). In general, a conservative amino acid substitution will not substantially change the functional properties of a protein. In cases where two or more amino acid sequences differ from each other by conservative substitutions, the percent sequence identity or degree of similarity may be adjusted upwards to correct for the conservative nature of the substitution. Means for making this adjustment are well known to those of skill in the art. See, e.g., Pearson, Methods Mol. Biol. 24: 307-31 (1994).

For instance, the following six groups each contain amino acids that are conservative substitutions for one another:

1) Serine (S), Threonine (T);

2) Aspartic Acid (D), Glutamic Acid (E);

3) Asparagine (N), Glutamine (Q);

4) Arginine (R), Lysine (K);

5) Isoleucine (I), Leucine (L), Methionine (M), Alanine (A), Valine (V), and

6) Phenylalanine (F), Tyrosine (Y), Tryptophan (W).

Alternatively, a conservative replacement is any change having a positive value in the PAM250 log-likelihood matrix disclosed in Gonnet et al., Science 256: 1443-45 (1992). A “moderately conservative” replacement is any change having a nonnegative value in the PAM250 log-likelihood matrix.

Sequence similarity for polypeptides, which is also referred to as sequence identity, is typically measured using sequence analysis software. Protein analysis software matches similar sequences using measures of similarity assigned to various substitutions, deletions and other modifications, including conservative amino acid substitutions. For instance, GCG contains programs such as “Gap” and “Bestfit” which can be used with default parameters to determine sequence homology or sequence identity between closely related polypeptides, such as homologous polypeptides from different species of organisms or between a wild type protein and a mutein thereof. See, e.g., GCG Version 6.1. Other programs include FASTA, discussed supra.

A preferred algorithm when comparing a sequence of the invention to a database containing a large number of sequences from different organisms is the computer program BLAST, especially blastp or tblastn. See, e.g., Altschul et al., J. Mol. Biol. 215: 403-410 (1990); Altschul et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389-402 (1997). Preferred parameters for blastp are:

Expectation value: 10 (default)

Filter: seg (default)

Cost to open a gap: 11 (default)

Cost to extend a gap: 1 (default

Max. alignments: 100 (default)

Word size: 11 (default)

No. of descriptions: 100 (default)

Penalty Matrix: BLOSUM62

The length of polypeptide sequences compared for homology will generally be at least about 16 amino acid residues, usually at least about 20 residues, more usually at least about 24 residues, typically at least about 28 residues, and preferably more than about 35 residues. When searching a database containing sequences from a large number of different organisms, it is preferable to compare amino acid sequences.

Algorithms other than blastp for database searching using amino acid sequences are known in the art. For instance, polypeptide sequences can be compared using FASTA, a program in GCG Version 6.1. FASTA (e.g., FASTA2 and FASTA3) provides alignments and percent sequence identity of the regions of the best overlap between the query and search sequences (Pearson (1990), supra; Pearson (2000), supra. For example, percent sequence identity between amino acid sequences can be determined using FASTA with its default or recommended parameters (a word size of 2 and the PAM250 scoring matrix), as provided in GCG Version 6.1.

An “antibody” refers to an intact immunoglobulin, or to an antigen-binding portion thereof that competes with the intact antibody for specific binding to a molecular species, e.g., a polypeptide of the instant invention. Antigen-binding portions may be produced by recombinant DNA techniques or by enzymatic or chemical cleavage of intact antibodies. Antigen-binding portions include, inter alia, Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂, Fv, dAb, and complementarity determining region (CDR) fragments, single-chain antibodies (scFv), chimeric antibodies, diabodies and polypeptides that contain at least a portion of an immunoglobulin that is sufficient to confer specific antigen binding to the polypeptide. A Fab fragment is a monovalent fragment consisting of the VL, VH, CL and CH1 domains; a F(ab′)₂ fragment is a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; a Fd fragment consists of the VH and CH1 domains; a Fv fragment consists of the VL and VH domains of a single arm of an antibody; and a dAb fragment consists of a VH domain. See, e.g., Ward et al., Nature 341: 544-546 (1989).

By “bind specifically” and “specific binding” as used herein it is meant the ability of the antibody to bind to a first molecular species in preference to binding to other molecular species with which the antibody and first molecular species are admixed. An antibody is said to “recognize” a first molecular species when it can bind specifically to that first molecular species.

A single-chain antibody (scFv) is an antibody in which VL and VH regions are paired to form a monovalent molecule via a synthetic linker that enables them to be made as a single protein chain. See, e.g., Bird et al., Science 242: 423-426 (1988); Huston et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 5879-5883 (1988). Diabodies are bivalent, bispecific antibodies in which VH and VL domains are expressed on a single polypeptide chain, but using a linker that is too short to allow for pairing between the two domains on the same chain, thereby forcing the domains to pair with complementary domains of another chain and creating two antigen binding sites. See e.g., Holliger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 6444-6448 (1993); Poljak et al., Structure 2: 1121-1123 (1994). One or more CDRs may be incorporated into a molecule either covalently or noncovalently to make it an immunoadhesin. An immunoadhesin may incorporate the CDR(s) as part of a larger polypeptide chain, may covalently link the CDR(s) to another polypeptide chain, or may incorporate the CDR(s) noncovalently. The CDRs permit the immunoadhesin to specifically bind to a particular antigen of interest. A chimeric antibody is an antibody that contains one or more regions from one antibody and one or more regions from one or more other antibodies.

An antibody may have one or more binding sites. If there is more than one binding site, the binding sites may be identical to one another or may be different. For instance, a naturally occurring immunoglobulin has two identical binding sites, a single-chain antibody or Fab fragment has one binding site, while a “bispecific” or “bifunctional” antibody has two different binding sites.

An “isolated antibody” is an antibody that (1) is not associated with naturally-associated components, including other naturally-associated antibodies, that accompany it in its native state, (2) is free of other proteins from the same species, (3) is expressed by a cell from a different species, or (4) does not occur in nature. It is known that purified proteins, including purified antibodies, may be stabilized with non-naturally-associated components. The non-naturally-associated component may be a protein, such as albumin (e.g., BSA) or a chemical such as polyethylene glycol (PEG).

A “neutralizing antibody” or “an inhibitory antibody” is an antibody that inhibits the activity of a polypeptide or blocks the binding of a polypeptide to a ligand that normally binds to it. An “activating antibody” is an antibody that increases the activity of a polypeptide.

The term “epitope” includes any protein determinant capable of specific binding to an immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor. Epitopic determinants usually consist of chemically active surface groupings of molecules such as amino acids or sugar side chains and usually have specific three-dimensional structural characteristics, as well as specific charge characteristics. An antibody is said to specifically bind an antigen when the dissociation constant is less than 1 μM, preferably less than 100 nM and most preferably less than 10 nM.

The term “patient” includes human and veterinary subjects.

Throughout this specification and claims, the word “comprise,” or variations such as “comprises” or “comprising,” will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or group of integers but not the exclusion of any other integer or group of integers.

The term “colon specific” refers to a nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide that is expressed predominantly in the colon as compared to other tissues in the body. In a preferred embodiment, a “colon specific” nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is detected at a level that is 1.5-fold higher than any other tissue in the body. In a more preferred embodiment, the “colon specific” nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide is detected at a level that is 2-fold higher than any other tissue in the body, more preferably 5-fold higher, still more preferably at least 10-fold, 15-fold, 20-fold, 25-fold, 50-fold or 100-fold higher than any other tissue in the body. Nucleic acid molecule levels may be measured by nucleic acid hybridization, such as Northern blot hybridization, or quantitative PCR. Polypeptide levels may be measured by any method known to accurately quantitate protein levels, such as Western blot analysis.

Nucleic Acid Molecules, Regulatory Sequences, Vectors, Host Cells and Recombinant Methods of Making Polypeptides

Nucleic Acid Molecules

One aspect of the invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that are specific to the colon or to colon cells or tissue or that are derived from such nucleic acid molecules. These isolated colon specific nucleic acids (CSNAs) may comprise cDNA genomic DNA, RNA, or a combination thereof, a fragment of one of these nucleic acids, or may be a non-naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule. A CSNA may be derived from an animal. In a preferred embodiment, the CSNA is derived from a human or other mammal. In a more preferred embodiment, the CSNA is derived from a human or other primate. In an even more preferred embodiment, the CSNA is derived from a human.

In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that is specific to colon, a colon-specific polypeptide (CSP). In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In another highly preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94. Nucleotide sequences of the instantly-described nucleic acid molecules were determined by assembling several DNA molecules from either public or proprietary databases. Some of the underlying DNA sequences are the result, directly or indirectly, of at least one enzymatic polymerization reaction (e.g., reverse transcription and/or polymerase chain reaction) using an automated sequencer (such as the MegaBACE™ 1000, Amersham Biosciences, Sunnyvale, Calif., USA).

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention may also comprise sequences that selectively hybridize to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSNA or a complement or antisense thereof. The hybridizing nucleic acid molecule may or may not encode a polypeptide or may or may not encode a CSP. However, in a preferred embodiment, the hybridizing nucleic acid molecule encodes a CSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the invention provides a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule or the antisense sequence of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In an even more preferred embodiment, the invention provides a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94 or the antisense sequence thereof. Preferably, the nucleic acid molecule selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule or the antisense sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP under low stringency conditions. More preferably, the nucleic acid molecule selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule or the antisense sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP under moderate stringency conditions. Most preferably, the nucleic acid molecule selectively hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule or the antisense sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP under high stringency conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under low, moderate or high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid molecule or the antisense sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under low, moderate or high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid molecule or the antisense sequence of a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 1-94.

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention may also comprise nucleic acid sequences that exhibit substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid encoding a CSP or a complement of the encoding nucleic acid molecule. In this embodiment, it is preferred that the nucleic acid molecule exhibit substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule encoding human CSP. More preferred is a nucleic acid molecule exhibiting substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. By substantial sequence similarity it is meant a nucleic acid molecule having at least 60%, more preferably at least 70%, even more preferably at least 80% and even more preferably at least 85% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP, such as a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In a more preferred embodiment, the similar nucleic acid molecule is one that has at least 90%, more preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 97%, even more preferably at least 98%, and still more preferably at least 99% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP. Most preferred in this embodiment is a nucleic acid molecule that has at least 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9% sequence identity with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP.

The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are also inclusive of those exhibiting substantial sequence similarity to a CSNA or its complement In this embodiment, it is preferred that the nucleic acid molecule exhibit substantial sequence similarity to a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94. By substantial sequence similarity it is meant a nucleic acid molecule that has at least 60%, more preferably at least 70%, even more preferably at least 80% and even more preferably at least 85% sequence identity with a CSNA, such as one having a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94. More preferred is a nucleic acid molecule that has at least 90%, more preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 97%, even more preferably at least 98%, and still more preferably at least 99% sequence identity with a CSNA. Most preferred is a nucleic acid molecule that has at least 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9% sequence identity with a CSNA.

Nucleic acid molecules that exhibit substantial sequence similarity are inclusive of sequences that exhibit sequence identity over their entire length to a CSNA or to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP, as well as sequences that are similar over only a part of its length. In this case, the part is at least 50 nucleotides of the CSNA or the nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP, preferably at least 100 nucleotides, more preferably at least 150 or 200 nucleotides, even more preferably at least 250 or 300 nucleotides, still more preferably at least 400 or 500 nucleotides.

The substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be a naturally occurring one that is derived from another species, especially one derived from another primate, wherein the similar nucleic acid molecule encodes an amino acid sequence that exhibits significant sequence identity to that of SEQ ID NO: 95-248 or demonstrates significant sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94. The similar nucleic acid molecule may also be a naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule from a human, when the CSNA is a member of a gene family. The similar nucleic acid molecule may also be a naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule derived from a non-primate, mammalian species, including without limitation, domesticated species, e.g., dog, cat, mouse, rat, rabbit, hamster, cow, horse and pig; and wild animals, e.g., monkey, fox, lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, zebras, etc. The substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may also be a naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule derived from a non-mammalian species, such as birds or reptiles. The naturally occurring substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be isolated directly from humans or other species. In another embodiment, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be one that is experimentally produced by random mutation of a nucleic acid molecule. In another embodiment, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule may be one that is experimentally produced by directed mutation of a CSNA. In a preferred embodiment, the substantially similar nucleic acid molecule is a CSNA.

The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are also inclusive of allelic variants of a CSNA or a nucleic acid encoding a CSP. For example, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur frequently in eukaryotic genomes and the sequence determined from one individual of a species may differ from other allelic forms present within the population. More than 1.4 million SNPs have already been identified in the human genome, International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, Nature 409: 860-921 (2001)—Variants with small deletions and insertions of more than a single nucleotide are also found in the general population, and often do not alter the function of the protein. In addition, amino acid substitutions occur frequently among natural allelic variants, and often do not substantially change protein function.

In a preferred embodiment, the allelic variant is a variant of a gene, wherein the gene is transcribed into a mRNA that encodes a CSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the gene is transcribed into a mRNA that encodes a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In another preferred embodiment, the allelic variant is a variant of a gene, wherein the gene is transcribed into a mRNA that is a CSNA. In a more preferred embodiment, the gene is transcribed into a mRNA that comprises the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94. Also preferred is that the allelic variant be a naturally occurring allelic variant in the species of interest, particularly human.

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are also inclusive of nucleic acid sequences comprising a part of a nucleic acid sequence of the instant invention. The part may or may not encode a polypeptide, and may or may not encode a polypeptide that is a CSP. In a preferred embodiment, the part encodes a CSP. In one embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a part of a CSNA. In another embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a part of a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes or exhibits substantial sequence similarity to a CSNA. In another embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a part of a nucleic acid molecule that is an allelic variant of a CSNA. In yet another embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule comprises a part of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a CSP. A part comprises at least 10 nucleotides, more preferably at least 15, 17, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 or 500 nucleotides. The maximum size of a nucleic acid part is one nucleotide shorter than the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule encoding the full-length protein.

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are also inclusive of nucleic acid sequences that encode fusion proteins, homologous proteins, polypeptide fragments, muteins and polypeptide analogs, as described infra.

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are also inclusive of nucleic acid sequences containing modifications of the native nucleic acid molecule. Examples of such modifications include, but are not limited to, nonnative internucleoside bonds, post-synthetic modifications or altered nucleotide analogues. One having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that the type of modification that may be made will depend upon the intended use of the nucleic acid molecule. For instance, when the nucleic acid molecule is used as a hybridization probe, the range of such modifications will be limited to those that permit sequence-discriminating base pairing of the resulting nucleic acid. When used to direct expression of RNA or protein in vitro or in vivo, the range of such modifications will be limited to those that permit the nucleic acid to function properly as a polymerization substrate. When the isolated nucleic acid is used as a therapeutic agent, the modifications will be limited to those that do not confer toxicity upon the isolated nucleic acid.

Accordingly, in one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule may include nucleotide analogues that incorporate labels that are directly detectable, such as radiolabels or fluorophores, or nucleotide analogues that incorporate labels that can be visualized in a subsequent reaction, such as biotin or various haptens. The labeled nucleic acid molecules are particularly useful as hybridization probes.

Common radiolabeled analogues include those labeled with ³³P, ³²P, and ³⁵S, such as α-³²P-dATP, α-³²P-dCTP, α-³²P-dGTP, α-³²P-dTTP, α-³²P-3′dATP, α³²P-ATP, α-³²P-CTP, α-³²P-GTP, α-³²P-UTP, α-³⁵S-dATP, γ-³⁵S-GTP, γ-³³P-dATP, and the like.

Commercially available fluorescent nucleotide analogues readily incorporated into the nucleic acids of the present invention include Cy3-dCTP, Cy3-dUTP, Cy5-dCT?, Cy3-dUTP (Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, N.J., USA), fluorescein-12-dUTP, tetramethylrhodamine-6-dUTP, Texas Red®-5-dUTP, Cascade Blue®-7-dUTP, BODIPY® FL-14-dUTP, BODIPY® TMR-14-dUTP, BODIPY® TMR-14-dUTP, Rhodamine Green™-5-dUTP, Oregon Green® 488-5-dUTP, Texas Red®-12-dUTP, BODIPY® 630/650-14-dUTP, BODIPY® 650/665-14-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 488-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 532-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 568-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 594-5-dUTP, Alexa Fluor® 546-14-dUTP, fluorescein-12-UTI, tetramethylrhodamine-6-UTP, Texas Red®-5-UTP, Cascade Blue®-7-UTP, BODIPY® FL-14-UTP, BODIPY® TMR-14-UTP, BODIPY® TR-14-UTP, Rhodamine Green™-5-UTP, Alexa Fluor® 488-5-UTP, Alexa Fluor® 546-14-UTI (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene, Oreg., USA). One may also custom synthesize nucleotides having other fluorophores. See Henegariu et al., Nature Biotechnol. 18: 345-348 (2000).

Haptens that are commonly conjugated to nucleotides for subsequent labeling include biotin (biotin-11-dUTP, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA; biotin-21-UTP, biotin-21-dUTP, Clontech Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., USA), digoxigenin (DIG-11-dUTP, alkali labile, DIG-11-UT?, Roche Diagnostics Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., USA), and dinitrophenyl (dinitrophenyl-11-dUTP, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA).

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be labeled by incorporation of labeled nucleotide analogues into the nucleic acid. Such analogues can be incorporated by enzymatic polymerization, such as by nick translation, random priming, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), terminal transferase tailing, and end-filling of overhangs, for DNA molecules, and in vitro transcription driven, e.g., from phage promoters, such as T7, T3, and SP6, for RNA molecules. Commercial kits are readily available for each such labeling approach. Analogues can also be incorporated during automated solid phase chemical synthesis. Labels can also be incorporated after nucleic acid synthesis, with the 5′ phosphate and 3′ hydroxyl providing convenient sites for post-synthetic covalent attachment of detectable labels.

Other post-synthetic approaches also permit internal labeling of nucleic acids. For example, fluorophores can be attached using a cisplatin reagent that reacts with the N7 of guanine residues (and, to a lesser extent, adenine bases) in DNA, RNA, and Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNA) to provide a stable coordination complex between the nucleic acid and fluorophore label (Universal Linkage System) (available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, N.J., USA); see Alers et al., Genes, Chromosomes& Cancer 25: 301-305 (1999); Jelsma et al., J. NIH Res. 5: 82 (1994); Van Belkum et al., BioTechniques 16: 148-153 (1994). Alternatively, nucleic acids can be labeled using a disulfide-containing linker (FastTag™ Reagent, Vector Laboratories, Inc., Burlingame, Calif., USA) that is photo- or thermally coupled to the target nucleic acid using aryl azide chemistry; after reduction, a free thiol is available for coupling to a hapten, fluorophore, sugar, affinity ligand, or other marker.

One or more independent or interacting labels can be incorporated into the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. For example, both a fluorophore and a moiety that in proximity thereto acts to quench fluorescence can be included to report specific hybridization through release of fluorescence quenching or to report exonucleotidic excision. See, e.g., Tyagi et al., Nature Biotechnol. 14: 303-308 (1996); Tyagi et al., Nature Biotechnol. 16: 49-53 (1998); Sokol et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 11538-11543 (1998); Kostrikis et al., Science 279: 1228-1229 (1998); Marras et al., Genet. Anal. 14: 151-156 (1999); Holland et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 7276-7280 (1991); Heid et al., Genome Res. 6(10): 986-94 (1996); Kuimelis et al., Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser. (37): 255-6 (1997); and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,846,726, 5,925,517, 5,925,517, 5,723,591 and 5,538,848, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention may also be modified by altering one or more native phosphodiester internucleoside bonds to more nuclease-resistant, internucleoside bonds. See Hartmann et al. (eds.), Manual of Antisense Methodology: Perspectives in Antisense Science, Kluwer Law International (1999); Stein et al. (eds.), Applied Antisense Oligonucleotide Technology, Wiley-Liss (1998); Chadwick et al. (eds.), Oligonucleotides as Therapeutic Agents—Symposium No. 209. John Wiley & Son Ltd (1997). Such altered internucleoside bonds are often desired for techniques or for targeted gene correction, Gamper et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 28(21): 4332-4339 (2000). For double-stranded RNA inhibition which may utilize either natural ds RNA or ds RNA modified in its, sugar, phosphate or base, see Hannon, Nature 418(11): 244-251 (2002); Fire et al. in WO 99/32619; Tuschl et al. in US2002/0086356; Kruetzer et al. in WO 00/44895, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. For circular antisense, see Kool in U.S. Pat. No. 5,426,180, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Modified oligonucleotide backbones include, without limitation, phosphorothioates, chiral phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphotriesters, aminoalkylphosphotriesters, methyl and other alkyl phosphonates including 3′-alkylene phosphonates and chiral phosphonates, phosphinates, phosphoramidates including 3′-amino phosphoramidate and aminoalkylphosphoramidates, thionophosphoramidates, thionoalkylphosphonates, thionoalkylphosphotriesters, and boranophosphates having normal 3′-5′ linkages, 2′-5′ linked analogs of these, and those having inverted polarity wherein the adjacent pairs of nucleoside units are linked 3′-5′ to 5′-3′ or 2′-5′ to 5′-2′. Representative U.S. Patents that teach the preparation of the above phosphorus-containing linkages include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,687,808; 4,469,863; 4,476,301; 5,023,243; 5,177,196; 5,188,897; 5,264,423; 5,276,019; 5,278,302; 5,286,717; 5,321,131; 5,399,676; 5,405,939; 5,453,496; 5,455,233; 5,466,677; 5,476,925; 5,519,126; 5,536,821; 5,541,306; 5,550,111; 5,563,253; 5,571,799; 5,587,361; and 5,625,050, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. In a preferred embodiment, the modified internucleoside linkages may be used for antisense techniques.

Other modified oligonucleotide backbones do not include a phosphorus atom, but have backbones that are formed by short chain alkyl or cycloalkyl internucleoside linkages, mixed heteroatom and alkyl or cycloalkyl internucleoside linkages, or one or more short chain heteroatomic or heterocyclic internucleoside linkages. These include those having morpholino linkages (formed in part from the sugar portion of a nucleoside); siloxane backbones; sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone backbones; formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; methylene formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; alkene containing backbones; sulfamate backbones; methyleneimino and methylenehydrazino backbones; sulfonate and sulfonamide backbones; amide backbones; and others having mixed N, O, S and CH₂ component parts. Representative U.S. patents that teach the preparation of the above backbones include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,034,506; 5,166,315; 5,185,444; 5,214,134; 5,216,141; 5,235,033; 5,264,562; 5,264,564; 5,405,938; 5,434,257; 5,466,677; 5,476,967; 5,489,677; 5,541,307; 5,561,225; 5,596,086; 5,602,240; 5,610,289; 5,602,240; 5,608,046; 5,610,289; 5,618,704; 5,623,070; 5,663,312; 5,633,360; 5,677,437 and 5,677,439; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

In other preferred nucleic acid molecules, both the sugar and the internucleoside linkage are replaced with novel groups, such as peptide nucleic acids (PNA). In PNA compounds, the phosphodiester backbone of the nucleic acid is replaced with an amide-containing backbone, in particular by repeating N-(2-aminoethyl) glycine units linked by amide bonds. Nucleobases are bound directly or indirectly to aza nitrogen atoms of the amide portion of the backbone, typically by methylene carbonyl linkages. PNA can be synthesized using a modified peptide synthesis protocol. PNA oligomers can be synthesized by both Fmoc and tboc methods. Representative U.S. patents that teach the preparation of PNA compounds include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,539,082; 5,714,331; and 5,719,262, each of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. Automated PNA synthesis is readily achievable on commercial synthesizers (see, e.g., “PNA User's Guide,” Rev. 2, February 1998, Perseptive Biosystems Part No. 60138, Applied Biosystems, Inc., Foster City, Calif.). PNA molecules are advantageous for a number of reasons. First, because the PNA backbone is uncharged, PNA/DNA and PNA/RNA duplexes have a higher thermal stability than is found in DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes. The Tm of a PNA/DNA or PNA/RNA duplex is generally 1° C. higher per base pair than the Tm of the corresponding DNA/DNA or DNA/RNA duplex (in 100 mM NaCl). Second, PNA molecules can also form stable PNA/DNA complexes at low ionic strength, under conditions in which DNA/DNA duplex formation does not occur. Third, PNA also demonstrates greater specificity in binding to complementary DNA because a PNA/DNA mismatch is more destabilizing than DNA/DNA mismatch. A single mismatch in mixed a PNA/DNA 15-mer lowers the Tm by 8-20° C. (15° C. on average). In the corresponding DNA/DNA duplexes, a single mismatch lowers the Tm by 4-16° C. (11° C. on average). Because PNA probes can be significantly shorter than DNA probes, their specificity is greater. Fourth, PNA oligomers are resistant to degradation by enzymes, and the lifetime of these compounds is extended both in vivo and in vitro because nucleases and proteases do not recognize the PNA polyamide backbone with nucleobase sidechains. See, e.g., Ray et al., FASEB J. 14(9): 1041-60 (2000); Nielsen et al., Pharmacol Toxicol. 86(1): 3-7 (2000); Larsen et al., Biochim Biophys Acta. 1489(1): 159-66 (1999); Nielsen, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 9(3): 353-7 (1999), and Nielsen, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 10(1): 71-5 (1999).

Nucleic acid molecules may be modified compared to their native structure throughout the length of the nucleic acid molecule or can be localized to discrete portions thereof. As an example of the latter, chimeric nucleic acids can be synthesized that have discrete DNA and RNA domains and that can be used for targeted gene repair and modified PCR reactions, as further described in, Misra et al., Biochem. 37: 1917-1925 (1998); and Finn et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 24: 3357-3363 (1996), and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,760,012 and 5,731,181, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

Unless otherwise specified, nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can include any topological conformation appropriate to the desired use; the term thus explicitly comprehends, among others, single-stranded, double-stranded, triplexed, quadruplexed, partially double-stranded, partially-triplexed, partially-quadruplexed, branched, hairpinned, circular, and padlocked conformations. Padlocked conformations and their utilities are further described in Banér et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 12: 11-15 (2001); Escude et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 14: 96(19):10603-7 (1999); and Nilsson et al., Science 265(5181): 2085-8 (1994). Triplexed and quadruplexed conformations, and their utilities, are reviewed in Praseuth et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1489(1): 181-206 (1999); Fox, Curr. Med. Chem. 7(1): 17-37 (2000); Kochetkova et al., Methods Mol. Biol. 130: 189-201 (2000); Chan et al., J. Mol. Med. 75(4): 267-82 (1997); Rowley et al., Mol Med 5(10): 693-700 (1999); Kool, Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct. 25: 1-28 (1996).

SNP Polymorphisms

Commonly, sequence differences between individuals involve differences in single nucleotide positions. SNPs may account for 90% of human DNA polymorphism. Collins et al., 8 Genome Res. 1229-31 (1998). SNPs include single base pair positions in genomic DNA at which different sequence alternatives (alleles) exist in a population. In addition, the least frequent allele generally must occur at a frequency of 1% or greater. DNA sequence variants with a reasonably high population frequency are observed approximately every 1,000 nucleotide across the genome, with estimates as high as 1 SNP per 350 base pairs. Wang et al., 280 Science 1077-82 (1998); Harding et al., 60 Am. J. Human Genet. 772-89 (1997); Taillon-Miller et al., 8 Genome Res. 748-54 (1998); Cargill et al., 22 Nat. Genet. 231-38 (1999); and Semple et al., 16 Bioinform. Disc. Note 735-38 (2000). The frequency of SNPs varies with the type and location of the change. In base substitutions, two-thirds of the substitutions involve the C-T and G-A type. This variation in frequency can be related to 5-methylcytosine deamination reactions that occur frequently, particularly at CpG dinucleotides. Regarding location, SNPs occur at a much higher frequency in non-coding regions than in coding regions. Information on over one million variable sequences is already publicly available via the Internet and more such markers are available from commercial providers of genetic information. Kwok and Gu, 5 Med. Today 538-53 (1999).

Several definitions of SNPs exist See, e.g., Brooks, 235 Gene 177-86 (1999). As used herein, the term “single nucleotide polymorphism” or “SNP” includes all single base variants, thus including nucleotide insertions and deletions in addition to single nucleotide substitutions. There are two types of nucleotide substitutions. A transition is the replacement of one purine by another purine or one pyrimidine by another pyrimidine. A transversion is the replacement of a purine for a pyrimidine, or vice versa.

Numerous methods exist for detecting SNPs within a nucleotide sequence. A review of many of these methods can be found in Landegren et al., 8 Genome Res. 769-76 (1998). For example, a SNP in a genomic sample can be detected by preparing a Reduced Complexity Genome (RCG) from the genomic sample, then analyzing the RCG for the presence or absence of a SNP. See, e.g., WO 00/18960 which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. Multiple SNPs in a population of target polynucleotides in parallel can be detected using, for example, the methods of WO 00/50869 which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. Other SNP detection methods include the methods of U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,297,018 and 6,322,980 which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. Furthermore, SNPs can be detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. See, e.g., U.S. Pat Nos. 5,324,631; 5,645,995 which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. RFLP analysis of SNPs, however, is limited to cases where the SNP either creates or destroys a restriction enzyme cleavage site. SNPs can also be detected by direct sequencing of the nucleotide sequence of interest. In addition, numerous assays based on hybridization have also been developed to detect SNPs and mismatch distinction by polymerases and ligases. Several web sites provide information about SNPs including Ensembl on the World Wide Web at ensemble.org, Sanger Institute on the World Wide Web at sanger.ac.uk/genetics/exon/, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) on the World Wide Web at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP/, The SNP Consortium Ltd. on the World Wide Web at snp.cshl.org. The chromosomal locations for the compositions disclosed herein are provided below. In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art could use a BLAST against the genome or any of the databases cited above to find the chromosomal location. Another a preferred method to find the genomic coordinates and associated SNPs would be to use the BLAT tool (genome.ucsc.edu, Kent et al. 2001, The Human Genome Browser at UCSC, Genome Research 996-1006 or Kent 2002 BLAT—The BLAST-Like Alignment Tool Genome Reseach, 1-9). All web sites above were accessed Dec. 3, 2003.

RNA interference refers to the process of sequence-specific post transcriptional gene silencing in animals mediated by short interfering RNAs (siRNA). Fire et al., 1998, Nature, 391, 806. The corresponding process in plants is commonly referred to as post transcriptional gene silencing or RNA silencing and is also referred to as quelling in fungi. The process of post transcriptional gene silencing is thought to be an evolutionarily conserved cellular defense mechanism used to prevent the expression of foreign genes which is commonly shared by diverse flora and phyla. Fire et al., 1999, Trends Genet., 15, 358. Such protection from foreign gene expression may have evolved in response to the production of double-stranded RNAs (dsRNA) derived from viral infection or the random integration of transposon elements into a host genome via a cellular response that specifically destroys homologous single-stranded RNA or viral genomic RNA. The presence of dsRNA in cells triggers the RNAi response though a mechanism that has yet to be fully characterized. This mechanism appears to be different from the interferon response that results from dsRNA mediated activation of protein kinase PKR and 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase resulting in non-specific cleavage of mRNA by ribonuclease L.

The presence of long dsRNAs in cells stimulates the activity of a ribonuclease III enzyme referred to as dicer. Dicer is involved in the processing of the dsRNA into short pieces of dsRNA known as short interfering RNAs (siRNA). Berstein et al., 2001, Nature, 409, 363. Short interfering RNAs derived from dicer activity are typically about 21-23 nucleotides in length and comprise about 19 base pair duplexes. Dicer has also been implicated in the excision of 21 and 22 nucleotide small temporal RNAs (stRNA) from precursor RNA of conserved structure that are implicated in translational control. Hutvagner et al., 2001, Science, 293, 834. The RNAi response also features an endonuclease complex containing a siRNA, commonly referred to as an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which mediates cleavage of single stranded RNA having sequence complementary to the antisense strand of the siRNA duplex. Cleavage of the target RNA takes place in the middle of the region complementary to the antisense strand of the siRNA duplex. Elbashir et al., 2001, Genes Dev., 15, 188.

Short interfering RNA mediated RNAi has been studied in a variety of systems. Fire et al., 1998, Nature, 391, 806, were the first to observe RNAi in C. Elegans. Wianny and Goetz, 1999, Nature Cell Biol., 2, 70, describe RNAi mediated by dsRNA in mouse embryos. Hammond et al., 2000, Nature, 404, 293, describe RNAi in Drosophila cells transfected with dsRNA. Elbashir et al., 2001, Nature, 411, 494, describe RNAi induced by introduction of duplexes of synthetic 21-nucleotide RNAs in cultured mammalian cells including human embryonic kidney and HeLa cells. Recent work in Drosophila embryonic lysates (Elbashir et al., 2001, EMBO J., 20, 6877) has revealed certain requirements for siRNA length, structure, chemical composition, and sequence that are essential to mediate efficient RNAi activity. These studies have shown that 21 nucleotide siRNA duplexes are most active when containing two nucleotide 3′-overhangs. Furthermore, complete substitution of one or both siRNA strands with 2′-deoxy (2′-H) or 2′-O-methyl nucleotides abolishes RNAi activity, whereas substitution of the 3′-terminal siRNA overhang nucleotides with deoxy nucleotides (2′-H) was shown to be tolerated. Single mismatch sequences in the center of the siRNA duplex were also shown to abolish RNAi activity. In addition, these studies also indicate that the position of the cleavage site in the target RNA is defined by the 5′-end of the siRNA guide sequence rather than the 3′-end. Elbashir et al., 2001, EMBO J., 20, 6877. Other studies have indicated that a 5′-phosphate on the target-complementary strand of a siRNA duplex is required for siRNA activity and that ATP is utilized to maintain the 5′-phosphate moiety on the siRNA. Nykanen et al., 2001, Cell, 107, 309.

Studies have shown that replacing the 3′-overhanging segments of a 21-mer siRNA duplex having 2 nucleotide 3′ overhangs with deoxyribonucleotides does not have an adverse effect on RNAi activity. Replacing up to 4 nucleotides on each end of the siRNA with deoxyribonucleotides has been reported to be well tolerated whereas complete substitution with deoxyribonucleotides results in no RNAi activity. Elbashir et al., 2001, EMBO J., 20, 6877. In addition, Elbashir et al., supra, also report that substitution of siRNA with 2′-O-methyl nucleotides completely abolishes RNAi activity. Li et al., WO 00/44914, and Beach et al., WO 01/68836 both suggest that siRNA “may include modifications to either the phosphate-sugar back bone or the nucleoside to include at least one of a nitrogen or sulfur heteroatom”, however neither application teaches to what extent these modifications are tolerated in siRNA molecules nor provide any examples of such modified siRNA. Kreutzer and Limmer, Canadian Patent Application No. 2,359,180, also describe certain chemical modifications for use in dsRNA constructs in order to counteract activation of double stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR, specifically 2′-amino or 2′-O-methyl nucleotides, and nucleotides containing a 2′-O or 4′-C methylene bridge. However, Kreutzer and Limmer similarly fail to show to what extent these modifications are tolerated in siRNA molecules nor do they provide any examples of such modified siRNA.

Parrish et al., 2000, Molecular Cell, 6, 1977-1087, tested certain chemical modifications targeting the unc-22 gene in C. elegans using long (>25 nt) siRNA transcripts. The authors describe the introduction of thiophosphate residues into these siRNA transcripts by incorporating thiophosphate nucleotide analogs with T7 and T3 RNA polymerase and observed that “RNAs with two [phosphorothioate] modified bases also had substantial decreases in effectiveness as RNAi triggers; [phosphorothioate] modification of more than two residues greatly destabilized the RNAs in vitro and we were not able to assay interference activities.” Parrish et al. at 1081. The authors also tested certain modifications at the 2′-position of the nucleotide sugar in the long siRNA transcripts and observed that substituting deoxynucleotides for ribonucleotides “produced a substantial decrease in interference activity”, especially in the case of Uridine to Thymidine and/or Cytidine to deoxy-Cytidine substitutions. Parrish et al. In addition, the authors tested certain base modifications, including substituting 4-thiouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-iodouracil, 3-(aminoallyl)uracil for uracil, and inosine for guanosine in sense and antisense strands of the siRNA, and found that whereas 4-thiouracil and 5-bromouracil were all well tolerated, inosine “produced a substantial decrease in interference activity” when incorporated in either strand. Incorporation of 5-iodouracil and 3-(aminoallyl)uracil in the antisense strand resulted in substantial decrease in RNAi activity as well.

Beach et al., WO 01/68836, describes specific methods for attenuating gene expression using endogenously derived dsRNA. Tuschl et al., WO 01/75164, describes a Drosophila in vitro RNAi system and the use of specific siRNA molecules for certain functional genomic and certain therapeutic applications; although Tuschl, 2001, Chem. Biochem., 2, 239-245, doubts that RNAi can be used to cure genetic diseases or viral infection due “to the danger of activating interferon response”. Li et al., WO 00/44914, describes the use of specific dsRNAs for use in attenuating the expression of certain target genes. Zemicka-Goetz et al., WO 01/36646, describes certain methods for inhibiting the expression of particular genes in mammalian cells using certain dsRNA molecules. Fire et al., WO 99/32619, U.S. Pat. No. 6,506,559, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, describes particular methods for introducing certain dsRNA molecules into cells for use in inhibiting gene expression. Plaetinck et al., WO 00/01846, describes certain methods for identifying specific genes responsible for conferring a particular phenotype in a cell using specific dsRNA molecules. Mello et al., WO 01/29058, describes the identification of specific genes involved in dsRNA mediated RNAi. Deschamps Depaillette et al., International PCT Publication No. WO 99/07409, describes specific compositions consisting of particular dsRNA molecules combined with certain anti-viral agents. Driscoll et al., International PCT Publication No. WO 01/49844, describes specific DNA constructs for use in facilitating gene silencing in targeted organisms. Parrish et al., 2000, Molecular Cell, 6, 1977-1087, describes specific chemically modified siRNA constructs targeting the unc-22 gene of C. elegans. Tuschl et al., International PCT Publication No. WO 02/44321, describe certain synthetic siRNA constructs.

Methods for Using Nucleic Acid Molecules as Probes and Primers

The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to detect, characterize, and quantify hybridizing nucleic acids in, and isolate hybridizing nucleic acids from, both genomic and transcript-derived nucleic acid samples. When free in solution, such probes are typically, but not invariably, detectably labeled; bound to a substrate, as in a microarray, such probes are typically, but not invariably unlabeled.

In one embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as probes to detect and characterize gross alterations in the gene of a CSNA, such as deletions, insertions, translocations, and duplications of the CSNA genomic locus through fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to chromosome spreads. See, e.g., Andreeff et al. (eds.), Introduction to Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization: Principles and Clinical Applications, John Wiley & Sons (1999). The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as probes to assess smaller genomic alterations using, e.g., Southern blot detection of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as probes to isolate genomic clones that include a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, which thereafter can be restriction mapped and sequenced to identify deletions, insertions, translocations, and substitutions (single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) at the sequence level. Alternatively, detection techniques such as molecular beacons may be used, see Kostrikis et al. Science 279:1228-1229 (1998).

The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can also be used as probes to detect, characterize, and quantify CSNA in, and isolate CSNA from, transcript-derived nucleic acid samples. In one embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to detect, characterize by length, and quantify mRNA by Northern blot of total or poly-A⁺-selected RNA samples. In another embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to detect, characterize by location, and quantify mRNA by in situ hybridization to tissue sections. See, e.g., Schwarchzacher et al., In Situ Hybridization, Springer-Verlag New York (2000). In another preferred embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be used as hybridization probes to measure the representation of clones in a cDNA library or to isolate hybridizing nucleic acid molecules acids from cDNA libraries, permitting sequence level characterization of mRNAs that hybridize to CSNAs, including, without limitations, identification of deletions, insertions, substitutions, truncations, alternatively spliced forms and single nucleotide polymorphisms. In yet another preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules of the instant invention may be used in microarrays.

All of the aforementioned probe techniques are well within the skill in the art, and are described at greater length in standard texts such as Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra; and Walker et al. (eds.), The Nucleic Acids Protocols Handbook, Humana Press (2000).

In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the invention may be used as a probe or primer to identify and/or amplify a second nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of the invention. In this embodiment, it is preferred that the probe or primer be derived from a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP. More preferably, the probe or primer is derived from a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. Also preferred are probes or primers derived from a CSNA. More preferred are probes or primers derived from a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94.

In general, a probe or primer is at least 10 nucleotides in length, more preferably at least 12, more preferably at least 14 and even more preferably at least 16 or 17 nucleotides in length. In an even more preferred embodiment, the probe or primer is at least 18 nucleotides in length, even more preferably at least 20 nucleotides and even more preferably at least 22 nucleotides in length. Primers and probes may also be longer in length. For instance, a probe or primer may be 25 nucleotides in length, or may be 30, 40 or 50 nucleotides in length. Methods of performing nucleic acid hybridization using oligonucleotide probes are well known in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook et al., 1989, supra, Chapter 11 and pp. 11.31-11.32 and 11.40-11.44, which describes radiolabeling of short probes, and pp. 11.45-11.53, which describe hybridization conditions for oligonucleotide probes, including specific conditions for probe hybridization (pp. 11.50-11.51).

Methods of performing primer-directed amplification are also well known in the art. Methods for performing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are compiled, inter alia, in McPherson, PCR Basics: From Background to Bench, Springer Verlag (2000); Innis et al. (eds.), PCR Applications: Protocols for Functional Genomics, Academic Press (1999); Gelfand et al. (eds.), PCR Strategies, Academic Press (1998); Newton et al., PCR Springer-Verlag New York (1997); Burke (ed.), PCR: Essential Techniques, John Wiley & Son Ltd (1996); White (ed.), PCR Cloning Protocols: From Molecular Cloning to Genetic Engineering, Vol. 67, Humana Press (1996); and McPherson et al. (eds.), PCR 2: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press, Inc. (1995). Methods for performing RT-PCR are collected, e.g., in Siebert et al. (eds.), Gene Cloning and Analysis by RT-PCR, Eaton Publishing Company/Bio Techniques Books Division, 1998; and Siebert (ed.), PCR Technique:RT-PCR. Eaton Publishing Company/BioTechniques Books (1995).

PCR and hybridization methods may be used to identify and/or isolate nucleic acid molecules of the present invention including allelic variants, homologous nucleic acid molecules and fragments. PCR and hybridization methods may also be used to identify, amplify and/or isolate nucleic acid molecules of the present invention that encode homologous proteins, analogs, fusion protein or muteins of the invention. Nucleic acid primers as described herein can be used to prime amplification of nucleic acid molecules of the invention, using transcript-derived or genomic DNA as the template.

These nucleic acid primers can also be used, for example, to prime single base extension (SBE) for SNP detection (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,004,744, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).

Isothermal amplification approaches, such as rolling circle amplification, are also now well-described. See, e.g., Schweitzer et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 12(1): 21-7 (2001); International Patent publications WO 97/19193 and WO 00/15779, and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,854,033 and 5,714,320, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Rolling circle amplification can be combined with other techniques to facilitate SNP detection. See, e.g., Lizardi et al., Nature Genet. 19(3): 225-32 (1998).

Nucleic acid molecules of the present invention may be bound to a substrate either covalently or noncovalently. The substrate can be porous or solid, planar or non-planar, unitary or distributed. The bound nucleic acid molecules may be used as hybridization probes, and may be labeled or unlabeled. In a preferred embodiment, the bound nucleic acid molecules are unlabeled.

In one embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is bound to a porous substrate, e.g., a membrane, typically comprising nitrocellulose, nylon, or positively charged derivatized nylon. The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be used to detect a hybridizing nucleic acid molecule that is present within a labeled nucleic acid sample, e.g., a sample of transcript-derived nucleic acids. In another embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule is bound to a solid substrate, including, without limitation, glass, amorphous silicon, crystalline silicon or plastics. Examples of plastics include, without limitation, polymethylacrylic, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyacrylate, polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylchloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyacetal, polysulfone, celluloseacetate, cellulosenitrate, nitrocellulose, or mixtures thereof. The solid substrate may be any shape, including rectangular, disk-like and spherical. In a preferred embodiment, the solid substrate is a microscope slide or slide-shaped substrate.

The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be attached covalently to a surface of the support substrate or applied to a derivatized surface in a chaotropic agent that facilitates denaturation and adherence by presumed noncovalent interactions, or some combination thereof. The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be bound to a substrate to which a plurality of other nucleic acids are concurrently bound, hybridization to each of the plurality of bound nucleic acids being separately detectable. At low density, e.g. on a porous membrane, these substrate-bound collections are typically denominated macroarrays; at higher density, typically on a solid support, such as glass, these substrate bound collections of plural nucleic acids are colloquially termed microarrays. As used herein, the term microarray includes arrays of all densities. It is, therefore, another aspect of the invention to provide microarrays that comprise one or more of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

In yet another embodiment, the invention is directed to single exon probes based on the CSNAs disclosed herein.

Expression Vectors, Host Cells and Recombinant Methods of Producing Polypeptides

Another aspect of the present invention provides vectors that comprise one or more of the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, and host cells in which such vectors have been introduced.

The vectors can be used, inter alia, for propagating the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention in host cells (cloning vectors), for shuttling the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention between host cells derived from disparate organisms (shuttle vectors), for inserting the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention into host cell chromosomes (insertion vectors), for expressing sense or antisense RNA transcripts of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention in vitro or within a host cell, and for expressing polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, alone or as fusion proteins with heterologous polypeptides (expression vectors). Vectors are by now well known in the art, and are described, inter alia, in Jones et al. (eds.), Vectors: Cloning Applications: Essential Techniques (Essential Techniques Series), John Wiley & Son Ltd. (1998); Jones et al. (eds.), Vectors: Expression Systems: Essential Techniques (Essential Techniques Series), John Wiley & Son Ltd. (1998); Gacesa et al., Vectors: Essential Data, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (1995); Cid-Arregui (eds.), Viral Vectors: Basic Science and Gene Therapy, Eaton Publishing Co. (2000); Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra. Furthermore, a variety of vectors are available commercially. Use of existing vectors and modifications thereof are well within the skill in the art. Thus, only basic features need be described here.

Nucleic acid sequences may be expressed by operatively linking them to an expression control sequence in an appropriate expression vector and employing that expression vector to transform an appropriate unicellular host. Expression control sequences are sequences that control the transcription, post-transcriptional events and translation of nucleic acid sequences. Such operative linking of a nucleic acid sequence of this invention to an expression control sequence, of course, includes, if not already part of the nucleic acid sequence, the provision of a translation initiation codon, ATG or GTG, in the correct reading frame upstream of the nucleic acid sequence.

A wide variety of host/expression vector combinations may be employed in expressing the nucleic acid sequences of this invention. Useful expression vectors, for example, may consist of segments of chromosomal, non-chromosomal and synthetic nucleic acid sequences.

In one embodiment, prokaryotic cells may be used with an appropriate vector. Prokaryotic host cells are often used for cloning and expression. In a preferred embodiment, prokaryotic host cells include E. coli, Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Streptomyces. In a preferred embodiment, bacterial host cells are used to express the nucleic acid molecules of the instant invention. Useful expression vectors for bacterial hosts include bacterial plasmids, such as those from E. coli, Bacillus or Streptomyces, including pBluescript, pGEX-2T, pUC vectors, col E1, pCR1, pBR322, pMB9 and their derivatives, wider host range plasmids, such as RP4, phage DNAs, e.g., the numerous derivatives of phage lambda, e.g., NM989, λGT10 and λGT11, and other phages, e.g., M13 and filamentous single stranded phage DNA. Where E. coli is used as host, selectable markers are, analogously, chosen for selectivity in gram negative bacteria: e.g., typical markers confer resistance to antibiotics, such as ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, streptomycin and zeocin; auxotrophic markers can also be used.

In other embodiments, eukaryotic host cells, such as yeast, insect, mammalian or plant cells, may be used. Yeast cells, typically S. cerevisiae, are useful for eukaryotic genetic studies, due to the ease of targeting genetic changes by homologous recombination and the ability to easily complement genetic defects using recombinantly expressed proteins. Yeast cells are useful for identifying interacting protein components, e.g. through use of a two-hybrid system. In a preferred embodiment, yeast cells are useful for protein expression. Vectors of the present invention for use in yeast will typically, but not invariably, contain an origin of replication suitable for use in yeast and a selectable marker that is functional in yeast. Yeast vectors include Yeast Integrating plasmids (e.g., YIp5) and Yeast Replicating plasmids (the YRp and YEp series plasmids), Yeast Centromere plasmids (the YCp series plasmids), Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs) which are based on yeast linear plasmids, denoted YLp, pGPD-2, 2μ plasmids and derivatives thereof, and improved shuttle vectors such as those described in Gietz et al., Gene, 74: 527-34 (1988) (YIplac, YEplac and YCplac). Selectable markers in yeast vectors include a variety of auxotrophic markers, the most common of which are (in Saccharomyces cerevisiae) URA3, HIS3, LEU2, TRP1 and LYS2, which complement specific auxotrophic mutations, such as ura3-52, his3-D1, leu2-D1, trp1-D1 and lys2-201.

Insect cells may be chosen for high efficiency protein expression. Where the host cells are from Spodoptera frugiperda, e.g., Sf9 and Sf21 cell lines, and expresSF™ cells Protein Sciences Corp., Meriden, Conn., USA), the vector replicative strategy is typically based upon the baculovirus life cycle. Typically, baculovirus transfer vectors are used to replace the wild-type AcMNPV polyhedrin gene with a heterologous gene of interest. Sequences that flank the polyhedrin gene in the wild-type genome are positioned 5′ and 3′ of the expression cassette on the transfer vectors. Following co-transfection with AcMNPV DNA, a homologous recombination event occurs between these sequences resulting in a recombinant virus carrying the gene of interest and the polyhedrin or p10 promoter. Selection can be based upon visual screening for lacZ fusion activity.

The host cells may also be mammalian cells, which are particularly useful for expression of proteins intended as pharmaceutical agents, and for screening of potential agonists and antagonists of a protein or a physiological pathway. Mammalian vectors intended for autonomous extrachromosomal replication will typically include a viral origin, such as the SV40 origin (for replication in cell lines expressing the large T-antigen, such as COS1 and COS7 cells), the papillomavirus origin, or the EBV origin for long term episomal replication (for use, e.g., in 293-EBNA cells, which constitutively express the EBV EBNA-1 gene product and adenovirus E1A). Vectors intended for integration, and thus replication as part of the mammalian chromosome, can, but need not, include an origin of replication functional in mammalian cells, such as the SV40 origin. Vectors based upon viruses, such as adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, vaccinia virus, and various mammalian retroviruses, will typically replicate according to the viral replicative strategy. Selectable markers for use in mammalian cells include, but are not limited to, resistance to neomycin (G418), blasticidin, hygromycin and zeocin, and selection based upon the purine salvage pathway using HAT medium.

Expression in mammalian cells can be achieved using a variety of plasmids, including pSV2, pBC12BI, and p91023, as well as lytic virus vectors (e.g. vaccinia virus, adeno virus, and baculovirus), episomal virus vectors (e.g. bovine papillomavirus), and retroviral vectors (e.g., murine retroviruses). Useful vectors for insect cells include baculoviral vectors and pVL 941.

Plant cells can also be used for expression, with the vector replicon typically derived from a plant virus (e.g., cauliflower mosaic virus, CaMV; tobacco mosaic virus, TMV) and selectable markers chosen for suitability in plants.

It is known that codon usage of different host cells may be different. For example, a plant cell and a human cell may exhibit a difference in codon preference for encoding a particular amino acid. As a result, human mRNA may not be efficiently translated in a plant, bacteria or insect host cell. Therefore, another embodiment of this invention is directed to codon optimization. The codons of the nucleic acid molecules of the invention may be modified to resemble, as much as possible, genes naturally contained within the host cell without altering the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleic acid molecule.

Any of a wide variety of expression control sequences may be used in these vectors to express the nucleic acid molecules of this invention. Such useful expression control sequences include the expression control sequences associated with structural genes of the foregoing expression vectors. Expression control sequences that control transcription include, e.g., promoters, enhancers and transcription termination sites. Expression control sequences in eukaryotic cells that control post-transcriptional events include splice donor and acceptor sites and sequences that modify the half-life of the transcribed RNA, e.g., sequences that direct poly(A) addition or binding sites for RNA-binding proteins. Expression control sequences that control translation include ribosome binding sites, sequences which direct targeted expression of the polypeptide to or within particular cellular compartments, and sequences in the 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions that modify the rate or efficiency of translation.

Examples of useful expression control sequences for a prokaryote, e.g. E. coli, will include a promoter, often a phage promoter, such as phage lambda pL promoter, the trc promoter, a hybrid derived from the trp and lac promoters, the bacteriophage T7 promoter (in E. coli cells engineered to express the T7 polymerase), the TAC or TRC system, the major operator and promoter regions of phage lambda, the control regions of fd coat protein, and the araBAD operon. Prokaryotic expression vectors may further include transcription terminators, such as the aspA terminator, and elements that facilitate translation, such as a consensus ribosome binding site and translation termination codon, Schomer et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83: 8506-8510 (1986).

Expression control sequences for yeast cells, typically S. cerevisiae, will include a yeast promoter, such as the CYC1 promoter, the GAL1 promoter, the GAL10 promoter, ADH1 promoter, the promoters of the yeast α-mating system, or the GPD promoter, and will typically have elements that facilitate transcription termination, such as the transcription termination signals from the CYC1 or ADH1 gene.

Expression vectors useful for expressing proteins in mammalian cells will include a promoter active in mammalian cells. These promoters include, but are not limited to, those derived from mammalian viruses, such as the enhancer-promoter sequences from the immediate early gene of the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the enhancer-promoter sequences from the Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat (RSV LTR), the enhancer-promoter from SV40 and the early and late promoters of adenovirus. Other expression control sequences include the promoter for 3-phosphoglycerate kinase or other glycolytic enzymes, the promoters of acid phosphatase. Other expression control sequences include those from the gene comprising the CSNA of interest. Often, expression is enhanced by incorporation of polyadenylation sites, such as the late SV40 polyadenylation site and the polyadenylation signal and transcription termination sequences from the bovine growth hormone (BGH) gene, and ribosome binding sites. Furthermore, vectors can include introns, such as intron II of rabbit β-globin gene and the SV40 splice elements.

Preferred nucleic acid vectors also include a selectable or amplifiable marker gene and means for amplifying the copy number of the gene of interest. Such marker genes are well known in the art. Nucleic acid vectors may also comprise stabilizing sequences (e.g., ori- or ARS-like sequences and telomere-like sequences), or may alternatively be designed to favor directed or non-directed integration into the host cell genome. In a preferred embodiment, nucleic acid sequences of this invention are inserted in frame into an expression vector that allows a high level expression of an RNA which encodes a protein comprising the encoded nucleic acid sequence of interest. Nucleic acid cloning and sequencing methods are well known to those of skill in the art and are described in an assortment of laboratory manuals, including Sambrook (1989), supra, Sambrook (2000), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), supra. Product information from manufacturers of biological, chemical and immunological reagents also provide useful information.

Expression vectors may be either constitutive or inducible. Inducible vectors include either naturally inducible promoters, such as the trc promoter, which is regulated by the lac operon, and the pL promoter, which is regulated by tryptophan, the MMTV-LTR promoter, which is inducible by dexamethasone, or can contain synthetic promoters and/or additional elements that confer inducible control on adjacent promoters. Examples of inducible synthetic promoters are the hybrid Plac/ara-1 promoter and the PLtetO-1 promoter. The PLtetO-1 promoter takes advantage of the high expression levels from the PL promoter of phage lambda, but replaces the lambda repressor sites with two copies of operator 2 of the Tn10 tetracycline resistance operon, causing this promoter to be tightly repressed by the Tet repressor protein and induced in response to tetracycline (Tc) and Tc derivatives such as anhydrotetracycline. Vectors may also be inducible because they contain hormone response elements, such as the glucocorticoid response element (GRE) and the estrogen response element (ERE), which can confer hormone inducibility where vectors are used for expression in cells having the respective hormone receptors. To reduce background levels of expression, elements responsive to ecdysone, an insect hormone, can be used instead, with coexpression of the ecdysone receptor.

In one embodiment of the invention, expression vectors can be designed to fuse the expressed polypeptide to small protein tags that facilitate purification and/or visualization. Such tags include a polyhistidine tag that facilitates purification of the fusion protein by immobilized metal affinity chromatography, for example using NiNTA resin (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, Calif., USA) or TALON™ resin (cobalt immobilized affinity chromatography medium, Clontech Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., USA). The fusion protein can include a chitin-binding tag and self-excising intein, permitting chitin-based purification with self-removal of the fused tag (IMPACT™ system, New England Biolabs, Inc., Beverley, Mass., USA). Alternatively, the fusion protein can include a calmodulin-binding peptide tag, permitting purification by calmodulin affinity resin (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA), or a specifically excisable fragment of the biotin carboxylase carrier protein, permitting purification of in vivo biotinylated protein using an avidin resin and subsequent tag removal (Promega, Madison, Wiss., USA). As another useful alternative, the polypeptides of the present invention can be expressed as a fusion to glutathione-S-transferase, the affinity and specificity of binding to glutathione permitting purification using glutathione affinity resins, such as Glutathione-Superflow Resin (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA), with subsequent elution with free glutathione. Other tags include, for example, the Xpress epitope, detectable by anti-Xpress antibody (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), a myc tag, detectable by anti-myc tag antibody, the V5 epitope, detectable by anti-V5 antibody (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), FLAG® epitope, detectable by anti-FLAG® antibody (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA), and the HA epitope, detectable by anti-HA antibody.

For secretion of expressed polypeptides, vectors can include appropriate sequences that encode secretion signals, such as leader peptides. For example, the pSecTag2 vectors (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) are 5.2 kb mammalian expression vectors that carry the secretion signal from the V-J2-C region of the mouse Ig kappa-chain for efficient secretion of recombinant proteins from a variety of mammalian cell lines.

Expression vectors can also be designed to fuse proteins encoded by the heterologous nucleic acid insert to polypeptides that are larger than purification and/or identification tags. Useful protein fusions include those that permit display of the encoded protein on the surface of a phage or cell, fusions to intrinsically fluorescent proteins, such as those that have a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like chromophore, fusions to the IgG Fc region, and fusions for use in two hybrid systems.

Vectors for phage display fuse the encoded polypeptide to, e.g., the gene III protein (pIII) or gene VII protein (pVIII) for display on the surface of filamentous phage, such as M13. See Barbas et al., Phage Display: A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2001); Kay et al. (eds.), Phage Display of Peptides and Proteins: A Laboratory Manual, Academic Press, Inc., (1996); Abelson et al. (eds.), Combinatorial Chemistry (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 267) Academic Press (1996). Vectors for yeast display, e.g. the pYD1 yeast display vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), use the α-agglutinin yeast adhesion receptor to display recombinant protein on the surface of S. cerevisiae. Vectors for mammalian display, e.g., the pDisplay™ vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), target recombinant proteins using an N-terminal cell surface targeting signal and a C-terminal transmembrane anchoring domain of platelet derived growth factor receptor.

A wide variety of vectors now exist that fuse proteins encoded by heterologous nucleic acids to the chromophore of the substrate-independent, intrinsically fluorescent green fluorescent protein from Aequorea Victoria (“GFP”) and its variants. The GFP-like chromophore can be selected from GFP-like chromophores found in naturally occurring proteins, such as A. victoria GFP (GenBank accession number AAA27721), Renilla renifonnis GFP, FP583 (GenBank accession no. AF168419) (DsRed), FP593 (AF272711), FP483 (AF168420), FP484 (AF168424), FP595 (AF246709), FP486 (AF168421), FP538 (AF168423), and FP506 (AF168422), and need include only so much of the native protein as is needed to retain the chromophore's intrinsic fluorescence. Methods for determining the minimal domain required for fluorescence are known in the art. See Li et al., J. Biol. Chem. 272: 28545-28549 (1997). Alternatively, the GFP-like chromophore can be selected from GFP-like chromophores modified from those found in nature. The methods for engineering such modified GFP-like chromophores and testing them for fluorescence activity, both alone and as part of protein fusions, are well known in the art. See Heim et al., Curr. Biol. 6: 178-182 (1996) and Palm et al., Methods Enzymol. 302: 378-394 (1999). A variety of such modified chromophores are now commercially available and can readily be used in the fusion proteins of the present invention. These include EGFP (“enhanced GFP”), EBFP (“enhanced blue fluorescent protein”), BFP2, EYFP (“enhanced yellow fluorescent protein”), ECFP (“enhanced cyan fluorescent protein”) or Citrine. EGFP (see, e.g, Cormack et al., Gene 173: 33-38 (1996); U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,090,919 and 5,804,387, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties) is found on a variety of vectors, both plasmid and viral, which are available commercially (Clontech Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., USA); EBFP is optimized for expression in mammalian cells whereas BFP2, which retains the original jellyfish codons, can be expressed in bacteria (see, e.g,. Heim et al., Curr. Biol. 6: 178-182 (1996) and Cormack et al., Gene 173: 33-38 (1996)). Vectors containing these blue-shifted variants are available from Clontech Labs (Palo Alto, Calif., USA). Vectors containing EYFP, ECFP (see, e.g., Heim et al., Curr. Biol. 6: 178-182 (1996); Miyawaki et al., Nature 388: 882-887 (1997)) and Citrine (see, e.g., Heikal et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 11996-12001 (2000)) are also available from Clontech Labs. The GFP-like chromophore can also be drawn from other modified GFPs, including those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,124,128; 6,096,865; 6,090,919; 6,066,476; 6,054,321; 6,027,881; 5,968,750; 5,874,304; 5,804,387; 5,777,079; 5,741,668; and 5,625,048, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. See also Conn (ed.), Green Fluorescent Protein (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 302), Academic Press, Inc. (1999); Yang, et al., J Biol Chem, 273: 8212-6 (1998); Bevis et al., Nature Biotechnology, 20:83-7 (2002). The GFP-like chromophore of each of these GFP variants can usefully be included in the fusion proteins of the present invention.

Fusions to the IgG Fc region increase serum half-life of protein pharmaceutical products through interaction with the FcRn receptor (also denominated the FcRp receptor and the Brambell receptor, FcRb), further described in International Patent Application Nos. WO 97/43316, WO 97/34631, WO 96/32478, and WO 96/18412, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

For long-term, high-yield recombinant production of the polypeptides of the present invention, stable expression is preferred. Stable expression is readily achieved by integration into the host cell genome of vectors having selectable markers, followed by selection of these integrants. Vectors such as pUB6/V5-His A, B, and C (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) are designed for high-level stable expression of heterologous proteins in a wide range of mammalian tissue types and cell lines. pUB6/V5-His uses the promoter/enhancer sequence from the human ubiquitin C gene to drive expression of recombinant proteins: expression levels in 293, CHO, and NIH3T3 cells are comparable to levels from the CMV and human EF-1a promoters. The bsd gene permits rapid selection of stably transfected mammalian cells with the potent antibiotic blasticidin.

Replication incompetent retroviral vectors, typically derived from Moloney murine leukemia virus, also are useful for creating stable transfectants having integrated provirus. The highly efficient transduction machinery of retroviruses, coupled with the availability of a variety of packaging cell lines such as RetroPack™ PT 67, EcoPack2™-293, AmphoPack-293, and GP2-293 cell lines (all available from Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA) allow a wide host range to be infected with high efficiency; varying the multiplicity of infection readily adjusts the copy number of the integrated provirus.

Of course, not all vectors and expression control sequences will function equally well to express the nucleic acid molecules of this invention. Neither will all hosts function equally well with the same expression system. However, one of skill in the art may make a selection among these vectors, expression control sequences and hosts without undue experimentation and without departing from the scope of this invention. For example, in selecting a vector, the host must be considered because the vector must be replicated in it. The vector's copy number, the ability to control that copy number, the ability to control integration, if any, and the expression of any other proteins encoded by the vector, such as an antibiotic or other selection marker, should also be considered. The present invention further includes host cells comprising the vectors of the present invention, either present episomally within the cell or integrated, in whole or in part, into the host cell chromosome. Among other considerations, some of which are described above, a host cell strain may be chosen for its ability to process the expressed polypeptide in the desired fashion. Such post-translational modifications of the polypeptide include, but are not limited to, acetylation, carboxylation, glycosylation, phosphorylation, lipidation, and acylation, and it is an aspect of the present invention to provide CSPs with such post-translational modifications.

In selecting an expression control sequence, a variety of factors should also be considered. These include, for example, the relative strength of the sequence, its controllability, and its compatibility with the nucleic acid molecules of this invention, particularly with regard to potential secondary structures. Unicellular hosts should be selected by consideration of their compatibility with the chosen vector, the toxicity of the product coded for by the nucleic acid sequences of this invention, their secretion characteristics, their ability to fold the polypeptide correctly, their fermentation or culture requirements, and the ease of purification from them of the products coded for by the nucleic acid molecules of this invention.

The recombinant nucleic acid molecules and more particularly, the expression vectors of this invention may be used to express the polypeptides of this invention as recombinant polypeptides in a heterologous host cell. The polypeptides of this invention may be full-length or less than full-length polypeptide fragments recombinantly expressed from the nucleic acid molecules according to this invention. Such polypeptides include analogs, derivatives and muteins that may or may not have biological activity.

Vectors of the present invention will also often include elements that permit in vitro transcription of RNA from the inserted heterologous nucleic acid. Such vectors typically include a phage promoter, such as that from T7, T3, or SP6, flanking the nucleic acid insert. Often two different such promoters flank the inserted nucleic acid, permitting separate in vitro production of both sense and antisense strands.

Transformation and other methods of introducing nucleic acids into a host cell (e.g., conjugation, protoplast transformation or fusion, transfection, electroporation, liposome delivery, membrane fusion techniques, high velocity DNA-coated pellets, viral infection and protoplast fusion) can be accomplished by a variety of methods which are well known in the art (See, for instance, Ausubel, supra, and Sambrook et al., supra). Bacterial, yeast, plant or mammalian cells are transformed or transfected with an expression vector, such as a plasmid, a cosmid, or the like, wherein the expression vector comprises the nucleic acid of interest. Alternatively, the cells may be infected by a viral expression vector comprising the nucleic acid of interest. Depending upon the host cell, vector, and method of transformation used, transient or stable expression of the polypeptide will be constitutive or inducible. One having ordinary skill in the art will be able to decide whether to express a polypeptide transiently or stably, and whether to express the protein constitutively or inducibly.

A wide variety of unicellular host cells are useful in expressing the DNA sequences of this invention. These hosts may include well known eukaryotic and prokaryotic hosts, such as strains of, fungi, yeast, insect cells such as Spodoptera frugiperda (SF9), animal cells such as CHO, as well as plant cells in tissue culture. Representative examples of appropriate host cells include, but are not limited to, bacterial cells, such as E. coli, Caulobacter crescentus, Streptomyces species, and Salmonella typhimurium; yeast cells, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Pichia pastoris, Pichia methanolica; insect cell lines, such as those from Spodoptera frugiperda, e.g., Sf9 and Sf21 cell lines, and expresSF™ cells (Protein Sciences Corp., Meriden, Conn., USA), Drosophila S2 cells, and Trichoplusia ni High Five® Cells (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA); and mammalian cells. Typical mammalian cells include BHK cells, BSC 1 cells, BSC 40 cells, BMT 10 cells, VERO cells, COS1 cells, COS7 cells, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, 3T3 cells, NIH 3T3 cells, 293 cells, HEPG2 cells, HeLa cells, L cells, MDCK cells, HEK293 cells, WI38 cells, murine ES cell lines (e.g., from strains 129/SV, C57/BL6, DBA-1, 129/SVJ), K562 cells, Jurkat cells, and BW5147 cells. Other mammalian cell lines are well known and readily available from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Manassas, Va., USA) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Human Genetic Cell Repository at the Coriell Cell Repositories (Camden, N.J., USA). Cells or cell lines derived from colon are particularly preferred because they may provide a more native post-translational processing. Particularly preferred are human colon cells.

Particular details of the transfection, expression and purification of recombinant proteins are well documented and are understood by those of skill in the art. Further details on the various technical aspects of each of the steps used in recombinant production of foreign genes in bacterial cell expression systems can be found in a number of texts and laboratory manuals in the art. See, e.g., Ausubel (1992), supra, Ausubel (1999), supra, Sambrook (1989), supra, and Sambrook (2001), supra.

Methods for introducing the vectors and nucleic acid molecules of the present invention into the host cells are well known in the art; the choice of technique will depend primarily upon the specific vector to be introduced and the host cell chosen.

Nucleic acid molecules and vectors may be introduced into prokaryotes, such as E. coli, in a number of ways. For instance, phage lambda vectors will typically be packaged using a packaging extract (e.g., Gigapack® packaging extract, Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA), and the packaged virus used to infect E. coli.

Plasmid vectors will typically be introduced into chemically competent or electrocompetent bacterial cells. E. coli cells can be rendered chemically competent by treatment, e.g., with CaCl₂, or a solution of Mg²⁺, Mn²⁺, Ca²⁺, Rb⁺ or K⁺, dimethyl sulfoxide, dithiothreitol, and hexamine cobalt (III), Hanahan, J. Mol. Biol. 166(4):557-80 (1983), and vectors introduced by heat shock. A wide variety of chemically competent strains are also available commercially (e.g., Epicurian Coli® XL10-Gold® Ultracompetent Cells (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., USA); DH5α competent cells (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA); and TOP10 Chemically Competent E. coli Kit (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA)). Bacterial cells can be rendered electrocompetent to take up exogenous DNA by electroporation by various pre-pulse treatments; vectors are introduced by electroporation followed by subsequent outgrowth in selected media. An extensive series of protocols is provided by BioRad (Richmond, Calif., USA).

Vectors can be introduced into yeast cells by spheroplasting, treatment with lithium salts, electroporation, or protoplast fusion. Spheroplasts are prepared by the action of hydrolytic enzymes such as a snail-gut extract, usually denoted Glusulase or Zymolyase, or an enzyme from Arthirobacter luteus to remove portions of the cell wall in the presence of osmotic stabilizers, typically 1 M sorbitol. DNA is added to the spheroplasts, and the mixture is co-precipitated with a solution of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and Ca²⁺. Subsequently, the cells are resuspended in a solution of sorbitol, mixed with molten agar and then layered on the surface of a selective plate containing sorbitol.

For lithium-mediated transformation, yeast cells are treated with lithium acetate to permeabilize the cell wall, DNA is added and the cells are co-precipitated with PEG. The cells are exposed to a brief heat shock, washed free of PEG and lithium acetate, and subsequently spread on plates containing ordinary selective medium. Increased frequencies of transformation are obtained by using specially-prepared single-stranded carrier DNA and certain organic solvents. Schiestl et al., Curr. Genet. 16(5-6): 339-46 (1989).

For electroporation, freshly-grown yeast cultures are typically washed, suspended in an osmotic protectant, such as sorbitol, mixed with DNA, and the cell suspension pulsed in an electroporation device. Subsequently, the cells are spread on the surface of plates containing selective media. Becker et al., Methods Enzymol 194: 182-187 (1991). The efficiency of transformation by electroporation can be increased over 100-fold by using PEG, single-stranded carrier DNA and cells that are in late log-phase of growth. Larger constructs, such as YACs, can be introduced by protoplast fusion.

Mammalian and insect cells can be directly infected by packaged viral vectors, or transfected by chemical or electrical means. For chemical transfection, DNA can be coprecipitated with CaPO₄ or introduced using liposomal and nonliposomal lipid-based agents. Commercial kits are available for CaPO₄ transfection (CalPhos™ Mammalian Transfection Kit, Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif., USA), and lipid-mediated transfection can be practiced using commercial reagents, such as LIPOFECTAMINE™ 2000, LIPOFECTAMINE™ Reagent, CELLFECTIN® Reagent, and LIPOFECTIN® Reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), DOTAP Liposomal Transfection Reagent, FuGENE 6, X-tremeGENE Q2, DOSPER, (Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Indianapolis, Ind. USA), Effectene™, PolyFect®, Superfect® (Qiagen, Inc., Valencia, Calif., USA). Protocols for electroporating mammalian cells can be found in, for example, ; Norton et al. (eds.), Gene Transfer Methods: Introducing DNA into Living Cells and Organisms. BioTechniques Books, Eaton Publishing Co. (2000). Other transfection techniques include transfection by particle bombardment and microinjection. See, e.g., Cheng et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90(10): 4455-9 (1993); Yang et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87(24): 9568-72 (1990).

Production of the recombinantly produced proteins of the present invention can optionally be followed by purification.

Purification of recombinantly expressed proteins is now well within the skill in the art and thus need not be detailed here. See, e.g., Thorner et al. (eds.), Applications of Chimeric Genes and Hybrid Proteins. Part A: Gene Expression and Protein Purification (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 326), Academic Press (2000); Harbin (ed.), Cloning, Gene Expression and Protein Purification: Experimental Procedures and Process Rationale, Oxford Univ. Press (2001); Marshak et al., Strategies for Protein Purification and Characterization: A Laboratory Course Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1996); and Roe (ed.), Protein Purification Applications, Oxford University Press (2001).

Briefly, however, if purification tags have been fused through use of an expression vector that appends such tags, purification can be effected, at least in part, by means appropriate to the tag, such as use of immobilized metal affinity chromatography for polyhistidine tags. Other techniques common in the art include ammonium sulfate fractionation, immunoprecipitation, fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and preparative gel electrophoresis.

Polypeptides, including Fragments Muteins, Homologous Proteins, Allelic Variants, Analogs and Derivatives

Another aspect of the invention relates to polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules described herein. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is a colon specific polypeptide (CSP). In an even more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:95-248 or is derived from a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. A polypeptide as defined herein may be produced recombinantly, as discussed supra, may be isolated from a cell that naturally expresses the protein, or may be chemically synthesized following the teachings of the specification and using methods well known to those having ordinary skill in the art.

Polypeptides of the present invention may also comprise a part or fragment of a CSP. In a preferred embodiment, the fragment is derived from a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. Polypeptides of the present invention comprising a part or fragment of an entire CSP may or may not be CSPs. For example, a full-length polypeptide may be colon-specific, while a fragment thereof may be found in other tissues as well as in colon. A polypeptide that is not a CSP, whether it is a fragment, analog, mutein, homologous protein or derivative, is nevertheless useful, especially for immunizing animals to prepare anti-CSP antibodies. In a preferred embodiment, the part or fragment is a CSP. Methods of determining whether a polypeptide of the present invention is a CSP are described infra.

Polypeptides of the present invention comprising fragments of at least 6 contiguous amino acids are also useful in mapping B cell and T cell epitopes of the reference protein. See, e.g., Geysen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 3998-4002 (1984) and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,708,871 and 5,595,915, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Because the fragment need not itself be immunogenic, part of an immunodominant epitope, nor even recognized by native antibody, to be useful in such epitope mapping, all fragments of at least 6 amino acids of a polypeptide of the present invention have utility in such a study.

Polypeptides of the present invention comprising fragments of at least 8 contiguous amino acids, often at least 15 contiguous amino acids, are useful as immunogens for raising antibodies that recognize polypeptides of the present invention. See, e.g., Lerner, Nature 299: 592-596 (1982); Shinnick et al., Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 37: 425-46 (1983); Sutcliffe et al., Science 219: 660-6 (1983). As further described in the above-cited references, virtually all 8-mers, conjugated to a carrier, such as a protein, prove immunogenic and are capable of eliciting antibody for the conjugated peptide; accordingly, all fragments of at least 8 amino acids of the polypeptides of the present invention have utility as immunogens.

Polypeptides comprising fragments of at least 8, 9, 10 or 12 contiguous amino acids are also useful as competitive inhibitors of binding of the entire polypeptide, or a portion thereof, to antibodies (as in epitope mapping), and to natural binding partners, such as subunits in a multimeric complex or to receptors or ligands of the subject protein; this competitive inhibition permits identification and separation of molecules that bind specifically to the polypeptide of interest. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,539,084 and 5,783,674, incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

The polypeptide of the present invention thus preferably is at least 6 amino acids in length, typically at least 8, 9, 10 or 12 amino acids in length, and often at least 15 amino acids in length. Often, the polypeptide of the present invention is at least 20 amino acids in length, even 25 amino acids, 30 amino acids, 35 amino acids, or 50 amino acids or more in length. Of course, larger polypeptides having at least 75 amino acids, 100 amino acids, or even 150 amino acids are also useful, and at times preferred.

One having ordinary skill in the art can produce fragments by truncating the nucleic acid molecule, e.g., a CSNA, encoding the polypeptide and then expressing it recombinantly. Alternatively, one can produce a fragment by chemically synthesizing a portion of the full-length polypeptide. One may also produce a fragment by enzymatically cleaving either a recombinant polypeptide or an isolated naturally occurring polypeptide. Methods of producing polypeptide fragments are well known in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook (1989), supra, Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), supra. In one embodiment, a polypeptide comprising only a fragment, preferably a fragment of a CSP, may be produced by chemical or enzymatic cleavage of a CSP polypeptide. In a preferred embodiment, a polypeptide fragment is produced by expressing a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention encoding a fragment, preferably of a CSP, in a host cell.

Polypeptides of the present invention are also inclusive of mutants, fusion proteins, homologous proteins and allelic variants.

A mutant protein, or mutein, may have the same or different properties compared to a naturally occurring polypeptide and comprises at least one amino acid insertion, duplication, deletion, rearrangement or substitution compared to the amino acid sequence of a native polypeptide. Small deletions and insertions can often be found that do not alter the function of a protein. Muteins may or may not be colon-specific. Preferably, the mutein is colon-specific. More preferably the mutein is a polypeptide that comprises at least one amino acid insertion, duplication, deletion, rearrangement or substitution compared to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment, the mutein is one that exhibits at least 50% sequence identity, more preferably at least 60% sequence identity, even more preferably at least 70%, yet more preferably at least 80% sequence identity to a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In a yet more preferred embodiment, the mutein exhibits at least 85%, more preferably 90%, even more preferably 95% or 96%, and yet more preferably at least 97%, 98%, 99% or 99.5% sequence identity to a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248.

A mutein may be produced by isolation from a naturally occurring mutant cell, tissue or organism. A mutein may be produced by isolation from a cell, tissue or organism that has been experimentally mutagenized. Alternatively, a mutein may be produced by chemical manipulation of a polypeptide, such as by altering the amino acid residue to another amino acid residue using synthetic or semi-synthetic chemical techniques. In a preferred embodiment, a mutein is produced from a host cell comprising a mutated nucleic acid molecule compared to the naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule. For instance, one may produce a mutein of a polypeptide by introducing one or more mutations into a nucleic acid molecule of the invention and then expressing it recombinantly. These mutations may be targeted, in which particular encoded amino acids are altered, or may be untargeted, in which random encoded amino acids within the polypeptide are altered. Muteins with random amino acid alterations can be screened for a particular biological activity or property, particularly whether the polypeptide is colon-specific, as described below. Multiple random mutations can be introduced into the gene by methods well known to the art, e.g., by error-prone PCR, shuffling, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, assembly PCR, sexual PCR mutagenesis, in vivo mutagenesis, cassette mutagenesis, recursive ensemble mutagenesis, exponential ensemble mutagenesis and site-specific mutagenesis. Methods of producing muteins with targeted or random amino acid alterations are well known in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook (1989), supra; Sambrook (2001), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), as well as U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,408, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The invention also contemplates polypeptides that are homologous to a polypeptide of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is homologous to a CSP. In an even more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is homologous to a CSP selected from the group having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. By homologous polypeptide it is meant one that exhibits significant sequence identity to a CSP, preferably a CSP having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. By significant sequence identity it is meant that the homologous polypeptide exhibits at least 50% sequence identity, more preferably at least 60% sequence identity, even more preferably at least 70%, yet more preferably at least 80% sequence identity to a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. More preferred are homologous polypeptides exhibiting at least 85%, more preferably 90%, even more preferably 95% or 96%, and yet more preferably at least 97% or 98% sequence identity to a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. Most preferably, the homologous polypeptide exhibits at least 99%, more preferably 99.5%, even more preferably 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9% sequence identity to a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. In a preferred embodiment, the amino acid substitutions of the homologous polypeptide are conservative amino acid substitutions as discussed supra.

Homologous polypeptides of the present invention also comprise polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to a CSNA or an antisense sequence thereof. In this embodiment, it is preferred that the homologous polypeptide be encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes to a CSNA under low stringency, moderate stringency or high stringency conditions, as defined herein. More preferred is a homologous polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes to a CSNA selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-94 or a homologous polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a CSP, preferably a CSP of SEQ ID NO:95-248 under low stringency, moderate stringency or high stringency conditions, as defined herein.

Homologous polypeptides of the present invention may be naturally occurring and derived from another species, especially one derived from another primate, such as chimpanzee, gorilla, rhesus macaque, or baboon, wherein the homologous polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that exhibits significant sequence identity to that of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. The homologous polypeptide may also be a naturally occurring polypeptide from a human, when the CSP is a member of a family of polypeptides. The homologous polypeptide may also be a naturally occurring polypeptide derived from a non-primate, mammalian species, including without limitation, domesticated species, e.g., dog, cat, mouse, rat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, cow, horse, goat or pig. The homologous polypeptide may also be a naturally occurring polypeptide derived from a non-mammalian species, such as birds or reptiles. The naturally occurring homologous protein may be isolated directly from humans or other species. Alternatively, the nucleic acid molecule encoding the naturally occurring homologous polypeptide may be isolated and used to express the homologous polypeptide recombinantly. The homologous polypeptide may also be one that is experimentally produced by random mutation of a nucleic acid molecule and subsequent expression of the nucleic acid molecule. Alternatively, the homologous polypeptide may be one that is experimentally produced by directed mutation of one or more codons to alter the encoded amino acid of a CSP. In a preferred embodiment, the homologous polypeptide encodes a polypeptide that is a CSP.

Relatedness of proteins can also be characterized using a second functional test, such as the ability of a first protein competitively to inhibit the binding of a second protein to an antibody. It is, therefore, another aspect of the present invention to provide isolated polpeptides not only identical in sequence to those described with particularity herein, but also to provide isolated polypeptides (“cross-reactive proteins”) that competitively inhibit the binding of antibodies to all or to a portion of the isolated polypeptides of the present invention. Such competitive inhibition can readily be determined using immunoassays well known in the art.

As discussed above, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur frequently in eukaryotic genomes, and the sequence determined from one individual of a species may differ from other allelic forms present within the population. Thus, polypeptides of the present invention are also inclusive of those encoded by an allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP. In this embodiment, it is preferred that the polypeptide be encoded by an allelic variant of a gene that encodes a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. More preferred is that the polypeptide be encoded by an allelic variant of a gene that has the nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-94.

Polypeptides of the present invention are also inclusive of derivative polypeptides encoded by a nucleic acid molecule according to the instant invention. In this embodiment, it is preferred that the polypeptide be a CSP. Also preferred are derivative polypeptides having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 95-248 and which has been acetylated, carboxylated, phosphorylated, glycosylated, ubiquitinated or post-translationally modified in another manner. In another preferred embodiment, the derivative has been labeled with, e.g., radioactive isotopes such as ¹²⁵I, ³²P, ³⁵S, and ³H. In another preferred embodiment, the derivative has been labeled with fluorophores, chemiluminescent agents, enzymes, and antiligands that can serve as specific binding pair members for a labeled ligand.

Polypeptide modifications are well known to those of skill and have been described in great detail in the scientific literature. Several particularly common modifications, glycosylation, lipid attachment, sulfation, gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues, hydroxylation and ADP-ribosylation, for instance, are described in most basic texts, such as, for instance Creighton, Protein Structure and Molecular Properties, 2nd ed., W. H. Freeman and Company (1993). Many detailed reviews are available on this subject, such as, for example, those provided by Wold, in Johnson (ed.), Posttranslational Covalent Modification of Proteins, pgs. 1-12, Academic Press (1983); Seifter et al., Meth. Enzymol. 182: 626-646 (1990) and Rattan et al., Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 663: 48-62 (1992).

One may determine whether a polypeptide of the invention is likely to be post-translationally modified by analyzing the sequence of the polypeptide to determine if there are peptide motifs indicative of sites for post-translational modification. There are a number of computer programs that permit prediction of post-translational modifications. See, e.g., expasy.org (accessed Nov. 11, 2002) on the world wide web, which includes PSORT, for prediction of protein sorting signals and localization sites, SignalP, for prediction of signal peptide cleavage sites, MITOPROT and Predotar, for prediction of mitochondrial targeting sequences, NetOGlyc, for prediction of type O-glycosylation sites in mammalian proteins, big-PI Predictor and DGPI, for prediction of prenylation-anchor and cleavage sites, and NetPhos, for prediction of Ser, Thr and Tyr phosphorylation sites in eukaryotic proteins. Other computer programs, such as those included in GCG, also may be used to determine post-translational modification peptide motifs.

General examples of types of post-translational modifications include, but are not limited to: (Z)-dehydrobutyrine; 1-chondroitin sulfate-L-aspartic acid ester; 1′-glycosyl-L-tryptophan; 1′-phospho-L-histidine; 1-thioglycine; 2′-(S-L-cysteinyl)-L-histidine; 2′-[3-carboxamido (trimethylammonio)propyl]-L-histidine; 2′-alpha-mannosyl-L-tryptophan; 2-methyl-L-glutamine; 2-oxobutanoic acid; 2-pyrrolidone carboxylic acid; 3′-(1′-L-histidyl)-L-tyrosine; 3′-(8alpha-FAD)-L-histidine; 3′-(S-L-cysteinyl)-L-tyrosine; 3′,3″,5′-triiodo-L-thyronine; 3′-4′-phospho-L-tyrosine; 3-hydroxy-L-proline; 3′-methyl-L-histidine; 3-methyl-L-lanthionine; 3′-phospho-L-histidine; 4′-(L-tryptophan)-L-tryptophyl quinone; 42 N-cysteinyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine; 43-(T-L-histidyl)-L-tyrosine; 4-hydroxy-L-arginine; 4-hydroxy-L-lysine; 4-hydroxy-L-proline; 5′-(N6-L-lysine)-L-topaquinone; 5-hydroxy-L-lysine; 5-methyl-L-arginine; alpha-1-microglobulin-Ig alpha complex chromophore; bis-L-cysteinyl bis-L-histidino diiron disulfide; bis-L-cysteinyl-L-N3′-histidino-L-serinyI tetrairon'tetrasulfide; chondroitin sulfate D-glucuronyl-D-galactosyl-D-galactosyl-D-xylosyl-L-serine; D-alanine; D-allo-isoleucine; D-asparagine; dehydroalanine; dehydrotyrosine; dermatan 4-sulfate D-glucuronyl-D-galactosyl-D-galactosyl-D-xylosyl-L-serine; D-glucuronyl-N-glycine; dipyrrolylmethanemethyl-L-cysteine; D-leucine; D-methionine; D-phenylalanine; D-serine; D-tryptophan; glycine amide; glycine oxazolecarboxylic acid; glycine thiazolecarboxylic acid; heme P450-bis-L-cysteine-L-tyrosine; heme-bis-L-cysteine; hemediol-L-aspartyl ester-L-glutamyl ester; hemediol-L-aspartyl ester-L-glutamyl ester-L-methionine sulfonium; heme-L-cysteine; heme-L-histidine; heparan sulfate D-glucuronyl-D-galactosyl-D-galactosyl-D-xylosyl-L-serine; heme P450-bis-L-cysteine-L-lysine; hexakis-L-cysteinyl hexairon hexasulfide; keratan sulfate D-glucuronyl-D-galactosyl-D-galactosyl-D-xylosyl-L-threonine; L oxoalanine-lactic acid; L phenyllactic acid; 1′-(8alpha-FAD)-L-histidine; L-2′,4′,5′-topaquinone; L-3′,4′-dihydroxyphenylalanine; L-3′.4′.5′-trihydroxyphenylalanine; L4′-bromophenylalanine; L-6′-bromotryptophan; L-alanine amide; L-alanyl imidazolinone glycine; L-allysine; L-arginine amide; L-asparagine amide; L-aspartic 4-phosphoric anhydride; L-aspartic acid 1-amide; L-beta-methylthioaspartic acid; L-bromohistidine; L-citrulline; L-cysteine amide; L-cysteine glutathione disulfide; L-cysteine methyl disulfide; L-cysteine methyl ester; L-cysteine oxazolecarboxylic acid; L-cysteine oxazolinecarboxylic acid; L-cysteine persulfide; L-cysteine sulfenic acid; L-cysteine sulfinic acid; L-cysteine thiazolecarboxylic acid; L-cysteinyl homocitryl molybdenum-heptairon-nonasulfide; L-cysteinyl imidazolinone glycine; L-cysteinyl molybdopterin; L-cysteinyl molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide; L-cystine; L-erythro-beta-hydroxyasparagine; L-erythro-beta-hydroxyaspartic acid; L-gamma-carboxyglutamic acid; L-glutamic acid 1-amide; L-glutamic acid 5-methyl ester; L-glutamine amide; L-glutamyl 5-glycerylphosphorylethanolarnine; L-histidine amide; L-isoglutamyl-polyglutamic acid; L-isoglutamyl-polyglycine; L-isoleucine amide; L-lanthionine; L-leucine amide; L-lysine amide; L-lysine thiazolecarboxylic acid; L-lysinoalanine; L-methionine amide; L-methionine sulfone; L-phenyalanine thiazolecarboxylic acid; L-phenylalanine amide; L-proline amide; L-selenocysteine; L-selenocysteinyl molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide; L-serine amide; L-serine thiazolecarboxylic acid; L-seryl imidazolinone glycine; L-T-bromophenylalanine; L-T-bromophenylalanine; L-threonine amide; L-thyroxine; L-tryptophan amide; L-tryptophyl quinone; L-tyrosine amide; L-valine amide; mesolanthionine; N-(L-glutamyl)-L-tyrosine; N-(L-isoaspartyl)-glycine; N-(L-isoaspartyl)-L-cysteine; N,N,N-trimethyl-L-alanine; N,N-dimethyl-L-proline; N2-acetyl-L-lysine; N2-succinyl-L-tryptophan; N4-(ADP-ribosyl)-L-asparagine; N4-glycosyl-L-asparagine; N4-hydroxymethyl-L-asparagine; N4-methyl-L-asparagine; N5-methyl-L-glutamine; N6-1-carboxyethyl-L-lysine; N6-(4-amino hydroxybutyl)-L-lysine; N6-(L-isoglutamyl)-L-lysine; N6-(phospho-5′-adenosine)-L-lysine; N6-(phospho-5′-guanosine)-L-tysine; N6,N6,N6-trimethyl-L-lysine; N6,N6-dimethyl-L-lysine; N6-acetyl-L-lysine; N6-biotinyl-L-lysine; N6-carboxy-L-lysine; N6-formyl-L-lysine; N6-glycyl-L-lysine; N6-lipoyl-L-lysine; N6-methyl-L-lysine; N6-methyl-N6-poly(N-methyl-propylamine)-L-lysine; N6-mureinyl-L-lysine; N6-myristoyl-L-lysine; N6-palmitoyl-L-lysine; N6-pyridoxal phosphate-L-lysine; N6-pyruvic acid 2-iminyl-L-lysine; N6-retinal-L-lysine; N-acetylglycine; N-acetyl-L-glutamine; N-acetyl-L-alanine; N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid; N-acetyl-L-cysteine; N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid; N-acetyl-L-isoleucine; N-acetyl-L-methionine; N-acetyl-L-proline; N-acetyl-L-serine; N-acetyl-L-threonine; N-acetyl-L-tyrosine; N-acetyl-L-valine; N-alanyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine; N-asparaginyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolarnine; N-aspartyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine; N-formylglycine; N-formyl-L-methionine; N-glycyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine; N-L-glutamyl-poly-L-glutamic acid; N-methylglycine; N-methyl-L-alanine; N-methyl-L-methionine; N-methyl-L-phenylalanine; N-myristoyl-glycine; N-palmitoyl-L-cysteine; N-pyruvic acid 2-iminyl-L-cysteine; N-pyruvic acid 2-iminyl-L-valine; N-seryl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine; N-seryl-glycosyCSPhingolipidinositolethanolamine; O-(ADP-ribosyl)-L-serine; O-(phospho-5′-adenosine)-L-threonine; O-(phospho-5′-DNA)-L-serine; O-(phospho-5′-DNA)-L-threonine; O-(phospho-5′rRNA)-L-serine; O-(phosphoribosyl dephospho-coenzyme A)-L-serine; O-(sn-1-glycerophosphoryl)-L-serine; O4′-(8alpha-FAD)-L-tyrosine; O4′-(phospho-5′-adenosine)-L-tyrosine; O4′-(phospho-5′-DNA)-L-tyrosine; O4′-(phospho-5′-RNA)-L-tyrosine; O4′-(phospho-5′-uridine)-L-tyrosine; O4-glycosyl-L-hydroxyproline; O4′-glycosyl-L-tyrosine; O4′-sulfo-L-tyrosine; O5-glycosyl-L-hydroxylysine; O-glycosyl-L-serine; O-glycosyl-L-threonine; omega-N-(ADP-ribosyl)-L-arginine; omega-N-omega-N′-dimethyl-L-arginine; omega-N-methyl-L-arginine; omega-N-omega-N-dimethyl-L-arginine; omega-N-phospho-L-arginine; O′octanoyl-L-serine; O-palmitoyl-L-serine; O-palmitoyl-L-threonine; O-phospho-L-serine; O-phospho-L-threonine; O-phosphopantetheine-L-serine; phycoerythrobilin-bis-L-cysteine; phycourobilin-bis-L-cysteine; pyrroloquinoline quinone; pyruvic acid; S hydroxycinnamyl-L-cysteine; S-(2-aminovinyl) methyl-D-eysteine; S-(2-aminovinyl)-D-cysteine; S-(6-FW-L-cysteine; S-(8alpha-FAD)-L-cysteine; S-(ADP-ribosyl)-L-cysteine; S-(L-isoglutamyl)-L-cysteine; S-12-hydroxyfarnesyl-L-cysteine; S-acetyl-L-cysteine; S-diacylglycerol-L-cysteine; S-diphytanylglycerot diether-L-cysteine; S-farnesyl-L-cysteine; S-geranylgeranyl-L-cysteine; S-glycosyl-L-cysteine; S-glycyl-L-cysteine; S-methyl-L-cysteine; S-nitrosyl-L-cysteine; S-palmitoyl-L-cysteine; S-phospho-L-cysteine; S-phycobiliviolin-L-cysteine; S-phycocyanobilin-L-cysteine; S-phycoerythrobilin-L-cysteine; S-phytochromobilin-L-cysteine; S-selenyl-L-cysteine; S-sulfo-L-cysteine; tetrakis-L-cysteinyl diiron disulfide; tetrakis-L-cysteinyl iron; tetrakis-L-cysteinyl tetrairon tetrasulfide; trans-2,3-cis 4-dihydroxy-L-proline; tris-L-cysteinyl triiron tetrasulfide; tris-L-cysteinyl triiron trisulfide; tris-L-cysteinyl-L-aspartato tetrairon tetrasulfide; tris-L-cysteinyl-L-cysteine persulfido-bis-L-glutamato-L-histidino tetrairon disulfide trioxide; tris-L-cysteinyl-L-N3′-histidino tetrairon tetrasulfide; tris-L-cysteinyl-L-N1′-histidino tetrairon tetrasulfide; and tris-L-cysteinyl-L-serinyl tetrairon tetrasulfide.

Additional examples of PTMs may be found in web sites such as the Delta Mass database based on Krishna, R. G. and F. Wold (1998). Posttranslational Modifications. Proteins—Analysis and Design. R. H. Angeletti. San Diego, Academic Press. 1: 121-206; Methods in Enzymology, 193, J. A. McClosky (ed) (1990), pages 647-660; Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis edited by Kazutomo Imahori and Fumio Sakiyama, Plenum Press, (1993) “Post-translational modifications of proteins” R. G. Krishna and F. Wold pages 167-172; “GlycoSuiteDB: a new curated relational database of glycoprotein glycan structures and their biological sources” Cooper et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 29; 332-335 (2001) “O-GLYCBASE version 4.0: a revised database of O-glycosylated proteins” Gupta et al. Nucleic Acids Research, 27: 370-372 (1999); and “PhosphoBase, a database of phosphorylation sites: release 2.0.”, Kreegipuu et al. Nucleic Acids Res 27(1):237-239 (1999) see also, WO 02/21139A2, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Tumorigenesis is often accompanied by alterations in the post-translational modifications of proteins. Thus, in another embodiment, the invention provides polypeptides from cancerous cells or tissues that have altered post-translational modifications compared to the post-translational modifications of polypeptides from normal cells or tissues. A number of altered post-translational modifications are known. One common alteration is a change in phosphorylation state, wherein the polypeptide from the cancerous cell or tissue is hyperphosphorylated or hypophosphorylated compared to the polypeptide from a normal tissue, or wherein the polypeptide is phosphorylated on different residues than the polypeptide from a normal cell. Another common alteration is a change in glycosylation state, wherein the polypeptide from the cancerous cell or tissue has more or less glycosylation than the polypeptide from a normal tissue, and/or wherein the polypeptide from the cancerous cell or tissue has a different type of glycosylation than the polypeptide from a noncancerous cell or tissue. Changes in glycosylation may be critical because carbohydrate-protein and carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions are important in cancer cell progression, dissemination and invasion. See, e.g., Barchi, Curr. Pharm. Des. 6: 485-501 (2000), Verma, Cancer Biochem. Biophys. 14: 151-162 (1994) and Dennis et al., Bioessays 5: 412421 (1999).

Another post-translational modification that may be altered in cancer cells is prenylation. Prenylation is the covalent attachment of a hydrophobic prenyl group (either farnesyl or geranylgeranyl) to a polypeptide. Prenylation is required for localizing a protein to a cell membrane and is often required for polypeptide function. For instance, the Ras superfamily of GTPase signalling proteins must be prenylated for function in a cell. See, e.g., Prendergast et al., Semin. Cancer Biol. 10: 443-452 (2000) and Khwaja et al., Lancet 355: 741-744 (2000).

Other post-translation modifications that may be altered in cancer cells include, without limitation, polypeptide methylation, acetylation, arginylation or racemization of amino acid residues. In these cases, the polypeptide from the cancerous cell may exhibit either increased or decreased amounts of the post-translational modification compared to the corresponding polypeptides from noncancerous cells.

Other polypeptide alterations in cancer cells include abnormal polypeptide cleavage of proteins and aberrant protein-protein interactions. Abnormal polypeptide cleavage may be cleavage of a polypeptide in a cancerous cell that does not usually occur in a normal cell, or a lack of cleavage in a cancerous cell, wherein the polypeptide is cleaved in a normal cell. Aberrant protein-protein interactions may be either covalent cross-linking or non-covalent binding between proteins that do not normally bind to each other. Alternatively, in a cancerous cell, a protein may fail to bind to another protein to which it is bound in a noncancerous cell. Alterations in cleavage or in protein-protein interactions may be due to over- or underproduction of a polypeptide in a cancerous cell compared to that in a normal cell, or may be due to alterations in post-translational modifications (see above) of one or more proteins in the cancerous cell. See, e.g., Henschen-Edman, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 936: 580-593 (2001).

Alterations in polypeptide post-translational modifications, as well as changes in polypeptide cleavage and protein-protein interactions, may be determined by any method known in the art. For instance, alterations in phosphorylation may be determined by using anti-phosphoserine, anti-phosphothreonine or anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies or by amino acid analysis. Glycosylation alterations may be determined using antibodies specific for different sugar residues, by carbohydrate sequencing, or by alterations in the size of the glycoprotein, which can be determined by, e.g., SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Other alterations of post-translational modifications, such as prenylation, racemization, methylation, acetylation and arginylation, may be determined by chemical analysis, protein sequencing, amino acid analysis, or by using antibodies specific for the particular post-translational modifications. Changes in protein-protein interactions and in polypeptide cleavage may be analyzed by any method known in the art including, without limitation, non-denaturing PAGE (for non-covalent protein-protein interactions), SDS PAGE (for covalent protein-protein interactions and protein cleavage), chemical cleavage, protein sequencing or immunoassays.

In another embodiment, the invention provides polypeptides that have been post-translationally modified. In one embodiment, polypeptides may be modified enzymatically or chemically, by addition or removal of a post-translational modification. For example, a polypeptide may be glycosylated or deglycosylated enzymatically. Similarly, polypeptides may be phosphorylated using a purified kinase, such as a MAP kinase (e.g, p38, ERK, or JNK) or a tyrosine kinase (e.g., Src or erbB2). A polypeptide may also be modified through synthetic chemistry. Alternatively, one may isolate the polypeptide of interest from a cell or tissue that expresses the polypeptide with the desired post-translational modification. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide of interest is introduced into a host cell that is capable of post-translationally modifying the encoded polypeptide in the desired fashion. If the polypeptide does not contain a motif for a desired post-translational modification, one may alter the post-translational modification by mutating the nucleic acid sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide so that it contains a site for the desired post-translational modification. Amino acid sequences that may be post-translationally modified are known in the art. See, e.g., the programs described above on the website expasy.org of the world wide web. The nucleic acid molecule may also be introduced into a host cell that is capable of post-translationally modifying the encoded polypeptide. Similarly, one may delete sites that are post-translationally modified by either mutating the nucleic acid sequence so that the encoded polypeptide does not contain the post-translational modification motif, or by introducing the native nucleic acid molecule into a host cell that is not capable of post-translationally modifying the encoded polypeptide.

It will be appreciated, as is well known and as noted above, that polypeptides are not always entirely linear. For instance, polypeptides may be branched as a result of ubiquitination, and they may be circular, with or without branching, generally as a result of posttranslation events, including natural processing events and events brought about by human manipulation which do not occur naturally. Circular, branched and branched circular polypeptides may be synthesized by non-translation natural processes and by entirely synthetic methods, as well. Modifications can occur anywhere in a polypeptide, including the peptide backbone, the amino acid side-chains and the amino or carboxyl termini. In fact, blockage of the amino or carboxyl group in a polypeptide, or both, by a covalent modification, is common in naturally occurring and synthetic polypeptides and such modifications may be present in polypeptides of the present invention, as well. For instance, the amino terminal residue of polypeptides made in E. coli, prior to proteolytic processing, almost invariably will be N-formylmethionine.

Useful post-synthetic (and post-translational) modifications include conjugation to detectable labels, such as fluorophores. A wide variety of amine-reactive and thiol-reactive fluorophore derivatives have been synthesized that react under nondenaturing conditions with N-terminal amino groups and epsilon amino groups of lysine residues, on the one hand, and with free thiol groups of cysteine residues, on the other.

Kits are available commercially that permit conjugation of proteins to a variety of amine-reactive or thiol-reactive fluorophores: Molecular Probes, Inc. (Eugene, Oreg., USA), e.g., offers kits for conjugating proteins to Alexa Fluor 350, Alexa Fluor 430, Fluorescein-EX, Alexa Fluor 488, Oregon Green 488, Alexa Fluor 532, Alexa Fluor 546, Alexa Fluor 546, Alexa Fluor 568, Alexa Fluor 594, and Texas Red-X.

A wide variety of other amine-reactive and thiol-reactive fluorophores are available commercially (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), including Alexa Fluor® 350, Alexa Fluor® 488, Alexa Fluor® 532, Alexa Fluor® 546, Alexa Fluor® 568, Alexa Fluor® 594, Alexa Fluor® 647 (monoclonal antibody labeling kits available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), BODIPY dyes, such as BODIPY 493/503, BODIPY FL, BODIPY R6G, BODIPY 530/550, BODIPY TMR, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 564/570, BODIPY 576/589, BODIPY 581/591, BODIPY TR, BODIPY 630/650, BODIPY 650/665, Cascade Blue, Cascade Yellow, Dansyl, lissamine rhodamine B, Marina Blue, Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 514, Pacific Blue, rhodamine 6G, rhodamine green, rhodamine red, tetramethylrhodamine, Texas Red (available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA).

The polypeptides of the present invention can also be conjugated to fluorophores, other proteins, and other macromolecules, using bifunctional linking reagents. Common homobifunctional reagents include, e.g., APG, AEDP, BASED, BMB, BMDB, BMH, BMOE, BM[PEO]3, BM[PEO]4, BS3, BSOCOES, DFDNB, DMA, DMP, DMS, DPDPB, DSG, DSP (Lomant's Reagent), DSS, DST, DTBP, DTME, DTSSP, EGS, HBVS, Sulfo-BSOCOES, Sulfo-DST, Sulfo-EGS (all available from Pierce, Rockford, Ill., USA); common heterobifunctional cross-linkers include ABH, AMAS, ANB-NOS, APDP, ASBA, BMPA, BMPH, BMPS, EDC, EMCA, EMCH, EMCS, KMUA, KMUH, GMBS, LC-SMCC, LC-SPDP, MBS, M2C2H, MPBH, MSA, NHS-ASA, PDPH, PMPI, SADP, SAED, SAND, SANPAH, SASD, SATP, SBAP, SFAD, SIA, SIAB, SMCC, SMPB, SMPH, SMPT, SPDP, Sulfo-EMCS, Sulfo-GMBS, Sulfo-HSAB, Sulfo-KMUS, Sulfo-LC-SPDP, Sulfo-MBS, Sulfo-NHS-LC-ASA, Sulfo-SADP, Sulfo-SANPAH, Sulfo-SIAB, Sulfo-SMCC, Sulfo-SMPB, Sulfo-LC-SMPT, SVSB, TFCS (all available Pierce, Rockford, Ill., USA).

Polypeptides of the present invention, including full length polypeptides, fragments and fusion proteins, can be conjugated, using such cross-linking reagents, to fluorophores that are not amine- or thiol-reactive. Other labels that usefully can be conjugated to polypeptides of the present invention include radioactive labels, echosonographic contrast reagents, and MRI contrast agents.

Polypeptides of the present invention, including full length polypeptides, fragments and fusion proteins, can also usefully be conjugated using cross-linking agents to carrier proteins, such as KLH, bovine thyroglobulin, and even bovine serum albumin (BSA), to increase immunogenicity for raising anti-CSP antibodies.

Polypeptides of the present invention, including full length polypeptides, fragments and fusion proteins, can also usefully be conjugated to polyethylene glycol (PEG); PEGylation increases the serum half life of proteins administered intravenously for replacement therapy. Delgado et al., Crit. Rev. Ther. Drug Carrier Syst. 9(3-4): 249-304 (1992); Scott et al., Curr. Pharm. Des. 4(6): 423-38 (1998); DeSantis et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 10(4): 324-30 (1999). PEG monomers can be attached to the protein directly or through a linker, with PEGylation using PEG monomers activated with tresyl chloride (2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulphonyl chloride) permitting direct attachment under mild conditions.

Polypeptides of the present invention are also inclusive of analogs of a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule according to the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, this polypeptide is a CSP. In a more preferred embodiment, this polypeptide is derived from a polypeptide having part or all of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248. Also preferred is an analog polypeptide comprising one or more substitutions of non-natural amino acids or non-native inter-residue bonds compared to the naturally occurring polypeptide. In one embodiment, the analog is structurally similar to a CSP, but one or more peptide linkages is replaced by a linkage selected from the group consisting of —CH₂NH—, —CH₂S—, —CH₂—CH₂—, —CH═CH—(cis and trans), —COCH₂—, —CH(OH)CH₂ — and —CH₂SO—. In another embodiment, the analog comprises substitution of one or more amino acids of a CSP with a D-amino acid of the same type or other non-natural amino acid in order to generate more stable peptides. D-amino acids can readily be incorporated during chemical peptide synthesis: peptides assembled from D-amino acids are more resistant to proteolytic attack; incorporation of D-amino acids can also be used to confer specific three-dimensional conformations on the peptide. Other amino acid analogues commonly added during chemical synthesis include ornithine, norleucine, phosphorylated amino acids (typically phosphoserine, phosphothreonine, phosphotyrosine), L-malonyltyrosine, a non-hydrolyzable analog of phosphotyrosine (see, e.g., Kole et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 209: 817-821 (1995)), and various halogenated phenylalanine derivatives.

Non-natural amino acids can be incorporated during solid phase chemical synthesis or by recombinant techniques, although the former is typically more common. Solid phase chemical synthesis of peptides is well established in the art Procedures are described, inter alia, in Chan et al. (eds.), Fmoc Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series), Oxford Univ. Press (March 2000); Jones, Amino Acid and Peptide Synthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, No 7), Oxford Univ. Press (1992); and Bodanszky, Principles of Peptide Synthesis (Springer Laboratory), Springer Verlag (1993).

Amino acid analogues having detectable labels are also usefully incorporated during synthesis to provide derivatives and analogs. Biotin, for example can be added using biotinoyl-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)-L-lysine (FMOC biocytin) (Molecular Probes, Eugene, Oreg., USA). Biotin can also be added enzymatically by incorporation into a fusion protein of an E. coli BirA substrate peptide. The FMOC and tBOC derivatives of dabcyl-L-lysine (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA) can be used to incorporate the dabcyl chromophore at selected sites in the peptide sequence during synthesis. The aminonaphthalene derivative EDANS, the most common fluorophore for pairing with the dabcyl quencher in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) systems, can be introduced during automated synthesis of peptides by using EDANS-FMOC-L-glutamic acid or the corresponding tBOC derivative (both from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA). Tetramethylrhodamine fluorophores can be incorporated during automated FMOC synthesis of peptides using (MOC)-TMR-L-lysine (Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene, Oreg., USA).

Other useful amino acid analogues that can be incorporated during chemical synthesis include aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, and tyrosine analogues having allyl side-chain protection (Applied Biosystems, Inc., Foster City, Calif., USA); the allyl side chain permits synthesis of cyclic, branched-chain, sulfonated, glycosylated, and phosphorylated peptides.

A large number of other FMOC-protected non-natural amino acid analogues capable of incorporation during chemical synthesis are available commercially, including, e.g., Fmoc-2-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-endo-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-endo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-exo-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-exo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-endo-amino-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-endo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-3-exo-amino-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-exo-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-cis-2-amino-1-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-trans-2-amino-1-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-1-amino-1-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-cis-2-amino-1-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-D-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid, Fmoc-L-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid, Fmoc-L-buthionine, Fmoc-S-methyl-L-Cysteine, Fmoc-2-aminobenzoic acid (anthranillic acid), Fmoc-3-aminobenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-aminobenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-aminobenzophenone-2′-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-N-(4-aminobenzoyl)-β-alanine, Fmoc-2-amino-4,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-aminohippuric acid, Fmoc-2-amino-3-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-3-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-5-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-3-methoxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-3-methoxybenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-3-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-5-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-2-amino-6-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-2-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-4-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-4-amino-3-methylbenzoic acid, Fmoc-3-amino-2-naphtoic acid, Fmoc-D,L-3-amino-3-phenylpropionic acid, Fmoc-L-Methyldopa, Fmoc-2-amino-4,6-dimethyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-D,L-amino-2-thiophenacetic acid, Fmoc4-(carboxymethyl)piperazine, Fmoc-4-carboxypiperazine, Fmoc-4-(carboxymethyl)homopiperazine, Fmoc-4-phenyl4-piperidinecarboxylic acid, Fmoc-L-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronorharman-3-carboxylic acid, Fmoc-L-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, all available from The Peptide Laboratory (Richmond, Calif., USA).

Non-natural residues can also be added biosynthetically by engineering a suppressor tRNA, typically one that recognizes the UAG stop codon, by chemical aminoacylation with the desired unnatural amino acid. Conventional site-directed mutagenesis is used to introduce the chosen stop codon UAG at the site of interest in the protein gene. When the acylated suppressor tRNA and the mutant gene are combined in an in vitro transcription/translation system, the unnatural amino acid is incorporated in response to the UAG codon to give a protein containing that amino acid at the specified position. Liu et al., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 96(9): 4780-5 (1999); Wang et al., Science 292(5516): 498-500 (2001).

Fusion Proteins

Another aspect of the present invention relates to the fusion of a polypeptide of the present invention to heterologous polypeptides. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide of the present invention is a CSP. In a more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide of the present invention that is fused to a heterologous polypeptide which comprises part or all of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or is a mutein, homologous polypeptide, analog or derivative thereof. In an even more preferred embodiment, the fusion protein is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising all or part of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or comprises all or part of a nucleic acid sequence that selectively hybridizes or is homologous to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94.

The fusion proteins of the present invention will include at least one fragment of a polypeptide of the present invention, which fragment is at least 6, typically at least 8, often at least 15, and usefully at least 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acids long. The fragment of the polypeptide of the present to be included in the fusion can usefully be at least 25 amino acids long, at least 50 amino acids long, and can be at least 75, 100, or even 150 amino acids long. Fusions that include the entirety of a polypeptide of the present invention have particular utility.

The heterologous polypeptide included within the fusion protein of the present invention is at least 6 amino acids in length, often at least 8 amino acids in length, and preferably at least 15, 20, or 25 amino acids in length. Fusions that include larger polypeptides, such as the IgG Fc region, and even entire proteins (such as GFP chromophore-containing proteins) are particularly useful.

As described above in the description of vectors and expression vectors of the present invention, which discussion is incorporated here by reference in its entirety, heterologous polypeptides to be included in the fusion proteins of the present invention can usefully include those designed to facilitate purification and/or visualization of recombinantly-expressed proteins. See, e.g., Ausubel, Chapter 16, (1992), supra. Although purification tags can also be incorporated into fusions that are chemically synthesized, chemical synthesis typically provides sufficient purity that further purification by HPLC suffices; however, visualization tags as above described retain their utility even when the protein is produced by chemical synthesis, and when so included render the fusion proteins of the present invention useful as directly detectable markers of the presence of a polypeptide of the invention.

As also discussed above, heterologous polypeptides to be included in the fusion proteins of the present invention can usefully include those that facilitate secretion of recombinantly expressed proteins into the periplasmic space or extracellular milieu for prokaryotic hosts or into the culture medium for eukaryotic cells through incorporation of secretion signals and/or leader sequences. For example, a His⁶ tagged protein can be purified on a Ni affinity column and a GST fusion protein can be purified on a glutathione affinity column. Similarly, a fusion protein comprising the Fc domain of IgG can be purified on a Protein A or Protein G column and a fusion protein comprising an epitope tag such as myc can be purified using an immunoaffinity column containing an anti-c-myc antibody. It is preferable that the epitope tag be separated from the protein encoded by the essential gene by an enzymatic cleavage site that can be cleaved after purification. See also the discussion of nucleic acid molecules encoding fusion proteins that may be expressed on the surface of a cell.

Other useful fusion proteins of the present invention include those that permit use of the polypeptide of the present invention as bait in a yeast two-hybrid system. See Bartel et al. (eds.), The Yeast Two-Hybrid Systems, Oxford University Press (1997); Zhu et al., Yeast Hybrid Technologies, Eaton Publishing (2000); Fields et al., Trends Genet. 10(8): 286-92 (1994); Mendelsohn et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 5(5): 482-6 (1994); Luban et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 6(1): 59-64 (1995); Allen et al., Trends Biochem. Sci. 20(12): 511-6 (1995); Drees, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 3(1): 64-70 (1999); Topcu et al., Pharm. Res. 17(9): 1049-55 (2000); Fashena et al., Gene 250(1-2): 1-14 (2000); Colas et al., Nature 380, 548-550 (1996); Norman, T. et al., Science 285, 591-595 (1999); Fabbrizio et al., Oncogene 18, 4357-4363 (1999); Xu et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 94, 12473-12478 (1997); Yang, et al., Nuc. Acids Res. 23, 1152-1156 (1995); Kolonin et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95, 14266-14271 (1998); Cohen et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95, 14272-14277 (1998); Uetz, et al. Nature 403, 623-627(2000); Ito, et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98, 4569-4574 (2001). Typically, such fusion is to either E. coli LexA or yeast GAL4 DNA binding domains. Related bait plasmids are available that express the bait fused to a nuclear localization signal.

Other useful fusion proteins include those that permit display of the encoded polypeptide on the surface of a phage or cell, fusions to intrinsically fluorescent proteins, such as green fluorescent protein (GFP), and fusions to the IgG Fc region, as described above.

The polypeptides of the present invention can also usefully be fused to protein toxins, such as Pseudomonas exotoxin A, diphtheria toxin, shiga toxin A, anthrax toxin lethal factor, or ricin, in order to effect ablation of cells that bind or take up the proteins of the present invention.

Fusion partners include, inter alia, myc, hemagglutinin (HA), GST, immunoglobulins, β-galactosidase, biotin trpE, protein A, β-lactamase, α-amylase, maltose binding protein, alcohol dehydrogenase, polyhistidine (for example, six histidine at the amino and/or carboxyl terminus of the polypeptide), lacZ, green fluorescent protein (GFP), yeast α mating factor, GAL4 transcription activation or DNA binding domain, luciferase, and serum proteins such as ovalbumin, albumin and the constant domain of IgG. See, e.g., Ausubel (1992), supra and Ausubel (1999), supra. Fusion proteins may also contain sites for specific enzymatic cleavage, such as a site that is recognized by enzymes such as Factor XIII, trypsin, pepsin, or any other enzyme known in the art. Fusion proteins will typically be made by either recombinant nucleic acid methods, as described above, chemically synthesized using techniques well known in the art (e.g., a Merrifield synthesis), or produced by chemical cross-linking.

Another advantage of fusion proteins is that the epitope tag can be used to bind the fusion protein to a plate or column through an affinity linkage for screening binding proteins or other molecules that bind to the CSP.

As further described below, the polypeptides of the present invention can readily be used as specific immunogens to raise antibodies that specifically recognize polypeptides of the present invention including CSPs and their allelic variants and homologues. The antibodies, in turn, can be used, inter alia, specifically to assay for the polypeptides of the present invention, particularly CSPs, e.g. by ELISA for detection of protein fluid samples, such as serum, by immunohistochemistry or laser scanning cytometry, for detection of protein in tissue samples, or by flow cytometry, for detection of intracellular protein in cell suspensions, for specific antibody-mediated isolation and/or purification of CSPs, as for example by immunoprecipitation, and for use as specific agonists or antagonists of CSPs.

One may determine whether polypeptides of the present invention including CSPs, muteins, homologous proteins or allelic variants or fusion proteins of the present invention are functional by methods known in the art. For instance, residues that are tolerant of change while retaining function can be identified by altering the polypeptide at known residues using methods known in the art, such as alanine scanning mutagenesis, Cunningham et al., Science 244(4908): 1081-5 (1989); transposon linker scanning mutagenesis, Chen et al., Gene 263(1-2): 39-48 (2001); combinations of homolog- and alanine-scanning mutagenesis, Jin et al., J. Mol. Biol. 226(3): 851-65 (1992); and combinatorial alanine scanning, Weiss et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 97(16): 8950-4 (2000), followed by functional assay. Transposon linker scanning kits are available commercially (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass., USA, catalog. no. E7-102S; EZ::TN™ In-Frame Linker Insertion Kit, catalogue no. EZI04KN, (Epicentre Technologies Corporation, Madison, Wis., USA).

Purification of the polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention is well known and within the skill of one having ordinary skill in the art. See, e.g., Scopes, Protein Purification, 2d.ed. (1987). Purification of recombinantly expressed polypeptides is described above. Purification of chemically-synthesized peptides can readily be effected, e.g., by HPLC.

Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide the isolated polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention in pure or substantially pure form in the presence or absence of a stabilizing agent. Stabilizing agents include both proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous material and are well known in the art. Stabilizing agents, such as albumin and polyethylene glycol (PEG) are known and are commercially available.

Although high levels of purity are preferred when the isolated polypeptide or fusion protein of the present invention are used as therapeutic agents, such as in vaccines and replacement therapy, the isolated polypeptides of the present invention are also useful at lower purity. For example, partially purified polypeptides of the present invention can be used as immunogens to raise antibodies in laboratory animals.

In a preferred embodiment, the purified and substantially purified polypeptides of the present invention are in compositions that lack detectable ampholytes, acrylamide monomers, bis-acrylamide monomers, and polyacrylamide.

The polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention can usefully be attached to a substrate. The substrate can be porous or solid, planar or non-planar, the bond can be covalent or noncovalent. For example, the peptides of the invention may be stabilized by covalent linkage to albumin. See, U.S. Pat. No. 5,876,969, the contents of which are hereby incorporated in its entirety.

The polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention can also be usefully bound to a porous substrate, commonly a membrane, typically comprising nitrocellulose, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), or cationically derivatized, hydrophilic PVDF; so bound, the polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention can be used to detect and quantify antibodies, e.g. in serum, that bind specifically to the immobilized polypeptide or fusion protein of the present invention.

As another example, the polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention can usefully be bound to a substantially nonporous substrate, such as plastic, to detect and quantify antibodies, e.g. in serum, that bind specifically to the immobilized protein of the present invention. Such plastics include polymethylacrylic, polyethylene; polypropylene, polyacrylate, polymethylnethacrylate, polyvinylchloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyacetal, polysulfone, celluloseacetate, cellulosenitrate, nitrocellulose, or mixtures thereof; when the assay is performed in a standard microtiter dish, the plastic is typically polystyrene.

The polypeptides and fusion proteins of the present invention can also be attached to a substrate suitable for use as a surface enhanced laser desorption ionization source; so attached, the polypeptide or fusion protein of the present invention is useful for binding and then detecting secondary proteins that bind with sufficient affinity or avidity to the surface-bound polypeptide or fusion protein to indicate biologic interaction there between. The polypeptides or fusion proteins of the present invention can also be attached to a substrate suitable for use in surface plasmon resonance detection; so attached, the polypeptide or fusion protein of the present invention is useful for binding and then detecting secondary proteins that bind with sufficient affinity or avidity to the surface-bound polypeptide or fusion protein to indicate biological interaction there between.

Alternative Transcripts

In antother aspect, the present invention provides splice variants of genes and proteins encoded thereby. The identification of a novel splice variant which encodes an amino acid sequence with a novel region can be targeted for the generation of reagents for use in detection and/or treatment of cancer. The novel amino acid sequence may lead to a unique protein structure, protein subcellular localization, biochemical processing or function of the splice variant. This information can be used to directly or indirectly facilitate the generation of additional or novel therapeutics or diagnostics. The nucleotide sequence in this novel splice variant can be used as a nucleic acid probe for the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer.

Specifically, the newly identified sequences may enable the production of new antibodies or compounds directed against the novel region for use as a therapeutic or diagnostic. Alternatively, the newly identified sequences may alter the biochemical or biological properties of the encoded protein in such a way as to enable the generation of improved or different therapeutics targeting this protein.

Antibodies

In another aspect, the invention provides antibodies, including fragments and derivatives thereof, that bind specifically to polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the antibodies are specific for a polypeptide that is a CSP, or a fragment, mutein, derivative, analog or fusion protein thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antibodies are specific for a polypeptide that comprises SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fragment, mutein, derivative, analog or fusion protein thereof.

The antibodies of the present invention can be specific for linear epitopes, discontinuous epitopes, or conformational epitopes of such proteins or protein fragments, either as present on the protein in its native conformation or, in some cases, as present on the proteins as denatured, as, e.g., by solubilization in SDS. New epitopes may also be due to a difference in post translational modifications (PTMs) in disease versus normal tissue. For example, a particular site on a CSP may be glycosylated in cancerous cells, but not glycosylated in normal cells or vice versa. In addition, alternative splice forms of a CSP may be indicative of cancer. Differential degradation of the C or N-terminus of a CSP may also be a marker or target for anticancer therapy. For example, a CSP may be N-terminal degraded in cancer cells exposing new epitopes to antibodies which may selectively bind for diagnostic or therapeutic uses.

As is well known in the art, the degree to which an antibody can discriminate among molecular species in a mixture will depend, in part, upon the conformational relatedness of the species in the mixture; typically, the antibodies of the present invention will discriminate over adventitious binding to non-CSP polypeptides by at least two-fold, more typically by at least 5-fold, typically by more than 10-fold, 25-fold, 50-fold, 75-fold, and often by more than 100-fold, and on occasion by more than 500-fold or 1000-fold. When used to detect the proteins or protein fragments of the present invention, the antibody of the present invention is sufficiently specific when it can be used to determine the presence of the polypeptide of the present invention in samples derived from human colon.

Typically, the affinity or avidity of an antibody (or antibody multimer, as in the case of an IgM pentamer) of the present invention for a protein or protein fragment of the present invention will be at least about 1×10⁻⁶ molar (M), typically at least about 5×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, with affinities and avidities of at least 1×10⁻⁸ M, 5×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M and up to 1×10⁻¹³ M proving especially useful.

The antibodies of the present invention can be naturally occurring forms, such as IgG, IgM, IgD, IgE, IgY, and IgA, from any avian, reptilian, or mammalian species.

Human antibodies can, but will infrequently, be drawn directly from human donors or human cells. In such case, antibodies to the polypeptides of the present invention will typically have resulted from fortuitous immunization, such as autoimmune immunization, with the polypeptide of the present invention. Such antibodies will typically, but will not invariably, be polyclonal. In addition, individual polyclonal antibodies may be isolated and cloned to generate monoclonals.

Human antibodies are more frequently obtained using tansgenic animals that express human immunoglobulin genes, which transgenic animals can be affirmatively immunized with the protein immunogen of the present invention. Human Ig-transgenic mice capable of producing human antibodies and methods of producing human antibodies therefrom upon specific immunization are described, inter alia, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,162,963; 6,150,584; 6,114,598; 6,075,181; 5,939,598; 5,877,397; 5,874,299; 5,814,318; 5,789,650; 5,770,429; 5,661,016; 5,633,425; 5,625,126; 5,569,825; 5,545,807; 5,545,806, and 5,591,669, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Such antibodies are typically monoclonal, and are typically produced using techniques developed for production of murine antibodies.

Human antibodies are particularly useful, and often preferred, when the antibodies of the present invention are to be administered to human beings as in vivo diagnostic or therapeutic agents, since recipient immune response to the administered antibody will often be substantially less than that occasioned by administration of an antibody derived from another species, such as mouse.

IgG, IgM, IgD, IgE, IgY, and IgA antibodies of the present invention are also usefully obtained from other species, including mammals such as rodents (typically mouse, but also rat, guinea pig, and hamster), lagomorphs (typically rabbits), and also larger mammals, such as sheep, goats, cows, and horses; or egg laying birds or reptiles such as chickens or alligators. In such cases, as with the transgenic human-antibody-producing non-human mammals, fortuitous immunization is not required, and the non-human mammal is typically affirmatively immunized, according to standard immunization protocols, with the polypeptide of the present invention. One form of avian antibodies may be generated using techniques described in WO 00/29444, published 25 May 2000, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

As discussed above, virtually all fragments of 8 or more contiguous amino acids of a polypeptide of the present invention can be used effectively as immunogens when conjugated to a carrier, typically a protein such as bovine thyroglobulin, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, or bovine serum albumin, conveniently using a bifunctional linker such as those described elsewhere above, which discussion is incorporated by reference here.

Immunogenicity can also be conferred by fusion of the polypeptides of the present invention to other moieties. For example, polypeptides of the present invention can be produced by solid phase synthesis on a branched polylysine core matrix; these multiple antigenic peptides (MAPs) provide high purity, increased avidity, accurate chemical definition and improved safety in vaccine development. Tam et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 5409-5413 (1988); Posnett et al., J. Biol. Chem. 263: 1719-1725 (1988).

Protocols for immunizing non-human mammals or avian species are well-established in the art. See Harlow et al. (eds.), Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1998); Coligan et al. (eds.), Current Protocols in Immunology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2001); Zola, Monoclonal Antibodies: Preparation and Use of Monoclonal Antibodies and Engineered Antibody Derivatives (Basics: From Background to Bench), Springer Verlag (2000); Gross M, Speck J.Dtsch. Tierarztl. Wochenschr. 103: 417-422 (1996). Immunization protocols often include multiple immunizations, either with or without adjuvants such as Freund's complete adjuvant and Freund's incomplete adjuvant, and may include naked DNA immunization. Moss, Semin. Immunol. 2: 317-327 (1990).

Antibodies from non-human mammals and avian species can be polyclonal or monoclonal, with polyclonal antibodies having certain advantages in immunohistochemical detection of the polypeptides of the present invention and monoclonal antibodies having advantages in identifying and distinguishing particular epitopes of the polypeptides of the present invention. Antibodies from avian species may have particular advantage in detection of the polypeptides of the present invention, in human serum or tissues. Vikinge et al., Biosens. Bioelectron. 13: 1257-1262 (1998). Following immunization, the antibodies of the present invention can be obtained using any art-accepted technique. Such techniques are well known in the art and are described in detail in references such as Coligan, supra; Zola, supra; Howard et al. (eds.), Basic Methods in Antibody Production and Characterization, CRC Press (2000); Harlow, supra; Davis (ed.), Monoclonal Antibody Protocols, Vol. 45, Humana Press (1995); Delves (ed.), Antibody Production: Essential Techniques, John Wiley & Son Ltd (1997); and Kenney, Antibody Solution: An Antibody Methods Manual, Chapman & Hall (1997).

Briefly, such techniques include, inter alia, production of monoclonal antibodies by hybridomas and expression of antibodies or fragments or derivatives thereof from host cells engineered to express immunoglobulin genes or fragments thereof. These two methods of production are not mutually exclusive: genes encoding antibodies specific for the polypeptides of the present invention can be cloned from hybridomas and thereafter expressed in other host cells. Nor need the two necessarily be performed together: e.g., genes encoding antibodies specific for the polypeptides of the present invention can be cloned directly from B cells known to be specific for the desired protein, as further described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,052, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, or from antibody-displaying phage.

Recombinant expression in host cells is particularly useful when fragments or derivatives of the antibodies of the present invention are desired.

Host cells for recombinant antibody production of whole antibodies, antibody fragments, or antibody derivatives can be prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

Prokaryotic hosts are particularly useful for producing phage displayed antibodies of the present invention.

The technology of phage-displayed antibodies, in which antibody variable region fragments are fused, for example, to the gene III protein (pIII) or gene VIII protein (pVIII) for display on the surface of filamentous phage, such as M13, is by now well-established. See, e.g., Sidhu, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 11(6): 610-6 (2000); Griffiths et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 9(1): 102-8 (1998); Hoogenboom et al., Immunotechnology, 4(1): 1-20 (1998); Rader et al., Current Opinion in Biotechnology 8: 503-508 (1997); Aujame et al., Human Antibodies 8: 155-168 (1997); Hoogenboom, Trends in Biotechnol. 15: 62-70 (1997); de Kruif et al., 17: 453-455 (1996); Barbas et al., Trends in Biotechnol. 14: 230-234 (1996); Winter et al., Ann. Rev. Immunol. 433455 (1994). Techniques and protocols required to generate, propagate, screen (pan), and use the antibody fragments from such libraries have recently been compiled. See, e.g., Barbas (2001), supra; Kay, supra; and Abelson, supra.

Typically, phage-displayed antibody fragments are scFv fragments or Fab fragments; when desired, full length antibodies can be produced by cloning the variable regions from the displaying phage into a complete antibody and expressing the full length antibody in a further prokaryotic or a eukaryotic host cell. Eukaryotic cells are also useful for expression of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody derivatives of the present invention. For example, antibody fragments of the present invention can be produced in Pichia pastoris and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. See, e.g., Takahashi et al., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 64(10): 2138-44 (2000); Freyre et al., J. Biotechnol. 76(2-3):1 57-63 (2000); Fischer et al., Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 30 (Pt 2): 117-20 (1999); Pennell et al., Res. Immunol. 149(6): 599-603 (1998); Eldin et al., J. Immunol. Methods. 201(1): 67-75 (1997);, Frenken et al., Res. Immunol. 149(6): 589-99 (1998); and Shusta et al., Nature Biotechnol. 16(8): 773-7 (1998).

Antibodies, including antibody fragments and derivatives, of the present invention can also be produced in insect cells. See, e.g., Li et al., Protein Expr. Purif. 21(1): 121-8 (2001); Ailor et al., Biotechnol. Bioeng. 58(2-3): 196-203 (1998); Hsu et al., Biotechnol. Prog. 13(1): 96-104 (1997); Edelman et al., Immunology 91(1): 13-9 (1997); and Nesbit et al., J. Immunol. Methods 151(1-2): 201-8 (1992).

Antibodies and fragments and derivatives thereof of the present invention can also be produced in plant cells, particularly maize or tobacco, Giddings et al., Nature Biotechnol. 18(11): 1151-5 (2000); Gavilondo et al., Biotechniques 29(1): 128-38 (2000); Fischer et al., J. Biol. Regul. Homeost. Agents 14(2): 83-92 (2000); Fischer et al., Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 30 (Pt 2): 113-6 (1999); Fischer et al., Biol. Chem. 380(7-8): 825-39 (1999); Russell, Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 240: 119-38 (1999); and Ma et al., Plant Physiol. 109(2): 341-6 (1995).

Antibodies, including antibody fragments and derivatives, of the present invention can also be produced in transgenic, non-human, mammalian milk. See, e.g. Pollock et al., J. Immunol Methods. 231: 147-57 (1999); Young et al., Res. Immunol. 149: 609-10 (1998); and Limonta et al., Immunotechnology 1: 107-13 (1995).

Mammalian cells useful for recombinant expression of antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody derivatives of the present invention include CHO cells, COS cells, 293 cells, and myeloma cells. Verma et al., J. Immunol. Methods 216(1-2):165-81 (1998) review and compare bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian expression systems for expression of antibodies. Antibodies of the present invention can also be prepared by cell free translation, as further described in Merk et al., J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 125(2): 328-33 (1999) and Ryabova et al., Nature Biotechnol. 15(1): 79-84 (1997), and in the milk of transgenic animals, as further described in Pollock et al., J. Immunol. Methods 231(1-2): 147-57 (1999).

The invention further provides antibody fragments that bind specifically to one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention or to one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention or one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. Among such useful fragments are Fab, Fab′, Fv, F(ab)′₂, and single chain Fv (scFv) fragments. Other useful fragments are described in Hudson, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 9(4): 395-402 (1998).

The present invention also relates to antibody derivatives that bind specifically to one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention, to one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention or one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

Among such useful derivatives are chimeric, primatized, and humanized antibodies; such derivatives are less immunogenic in human beings, and thus are more suitable for in vivo administration, than are unmodified antibodies from non-human mammalian species. Another useful method is PEGylation to increase the serum half life of the antibodies.

Chimeric antibodies typically include heavy and/or light chain variable regions (including both CDR and framework residues) of immunoglobulins of one species, typically mouse, fused to constant regions of another species, typically human. See, e.g., Morrison et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA. 81(21): 6851-5 (1984); Sharon et al., Nature 309(5966): 364-7 (1984); Takeda et al., Nature 314(6010): 4524 (1985); and U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,715 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Primatized and humanized antibodies typically include heavy and/or light chain CDRs from a murine antibody grafted into a non-human primate or human antibody V region framework, usually further comprising a human constant region, Riechmann et al., Nature 332(6162): 323-7 (1988); Co et al., Nature 351(6326): 501-2 (1991); and U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,054,297; 5,821,337; 5,770,196; 5,766,886; 5,821,123; 5,869,619; 6,180,377; 6,013,256; 5,693,761; and 6,180,370, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Other useful antibody derivatives of the invention include heteromeric antibody complexes and antibody fusions, such as diabodies (bispecific antibodies), single-chain diabodies, and intrabodies.

It is contemplated that the nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the present invention can be operably joined to other nucleic acids forming a recombinant vector for cloning or for expression of the antibodies of the invention. Accordingly, the present invention includes any recombinant vector containing the coding sequences, or part thereof, whether for eukaryotic transduction, transfection or gene therapy. Such vectors may be prepared using conventional molecular biology techniques, known to those with skill in the art, and would comprise DNA encoding sequences for the inmunoglobulin V-regions including framework and CDRs or parts thereof, and a suitable promoter either with or without a signal sequence for intracellular transport Such vectors may be transduced or transfected into eukaryotic cells or used for gene therapy (Marasco et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 90: 7889-7893 (1993); Duan et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 91: 5075-5079 (1994), by conventional techniques, known to those with skill in the art.

The antibodies of the present invention, including fragments and derivatives thereof, can usefully be labeled. It is, therefore, another aspect of the present invention to provide labeled antibodies that bind specifically to one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention, to one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention or one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. The choice of label depends, in part, upon the desired use.

For example, when the antibodies of the present invention are used for immunohistochemical staining of tissue samples, the label can usefully be an enzyme that catalyzes production and local deposition of a detectable product. Enzymes typically conjugated to antibodies to permit their immunohistochemical visualization are well known, and include alkaline phosphatase, β-galactosidase, glucose oxidase, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), and urease. Typical substrates for production and deposition of visually detectable products include o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG); o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (OPD); p-nitrophenyl phosphate (PNPP); p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopryanoside (NPG); 3′,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB); 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole (AEC); 4-chloro-1-naphthol (CN); 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-phosphate (BCIP); ABTS®; BluoGal; iodonitrotetrazolium (INT); nitroblue tetrazolium chloride (NBT); phenazine methosulfate (PMS); phenolphthalein monophosphate (PMP); tetramethyl benzidine (TMB); tetranitroblue tetrazolium (TNBT); X-Gal; X-Gluc; and X-Glucoside.

Other substrates can be used to produce products for local deposition that are luminescent. For example, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), horseradish peroxidase (HRP) can catalyze the oxidation of cyclic diacylhydrazides, such as luminol. Immediately following the oxidation, the luminol is in an excited state (intermediate reaction product), which decays to the ground state by emitting light Strong enhancement of the light emission is produced by enhancers, such as phenolic compounds. Advantages include high sensitivity, high resolution, and rapid detection without radioactivity and requiring only small amounts of antibody. See, e.g., Thorpe et al., Methods Enzymol. 133: 331-53 (1986); Kricka et al., J. Immunoassay 17(1): 67-83 (1996); and Lundqvist et al., J. Biolumin. Chemilumin. 10(6): 353-9 (1995). Kits for such enhanced chemiluminescent detection (ECL) are available commercially. The antibodies can also be labeled using colloidal gold.

As another example, when the antibodies of the present invention are used, e.g., for flow cytometric detection, for scanning laser cytometric detection, or for fluorescent immunoassay, they can usefully be labeled with fluorophores. There are a wide variety of fluorophore labels that can usefully be attached to the antibodies of the present invention. For flow cytometric applications, both for extracellular detection and for intracellular detection, common useful fluorophores can be fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), allophycocyanin (APC), R-phycoerythrin (PE), peridinin chlorophyll protein (PerCP), Texas Red, Cy3, Cy5, fluorescence resonance energy tandem fluorophores such as PerCP-Cy5.5, PE-Cy5, PE-Cy5.5, PE-Cy7, PE-Texas Red, and APC-Cy7.

Other fluorophores include, inter alia, Alexa Fluor® 350, Alexa Fluor® 488, Alexa Fluor® 532, Alexa Fluor® 546, Alexa Fluor® 568, Alexa Fluor® 594, Alexa Fluor® 647 (monoclonal antibody labeling kits available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), BODIPY dyes, such as BODIPY 493/503, BODIPY FL, BODIPY R6G, BODIPY 530/550, BODIPY TMR, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 558/568, BODIPY 564/570, BODIPY 576/589, BODIPY 581/591, BODIPY TR, BODIPY 630/650, BODIPY 650/665, Cascade Blue, Cascade Yellow, Dansyl, lissamine rhodamine B, Marina Blue, Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 514, Pacific Blue, rhodamine 6G, rhodamine green, rhodamine red, tetramethylrhodamine, Texas Red (available from Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg., USA), and Cy2, Cy3, Cy3.5, Cy5, Cy5.5, Cy7, all of which are also useful for fluorescently labeling the antibodies of the present invention. For secondary detection using labeled avidin, streptavidin, captavidin or neutravidin, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be labeled with biotin.

When the antibodies of the present invention are used, e.g., for western blotting applications, they can usefully be labeled with radioisotopes, such as ³³P, ³²P, ³⁵S, ³H, and ¹²⁵I. As another example, when the antibodies of the present invention are used for radioimmunotherapy, the label can usefully be ²²⁸Th, ²²⁷Ac, ²²⁵Ac, ²²³Ra, ²¹³Bi, ²¹²Pb, ²¹²Bi, ²¹¹At, ²⁰³Pb, ¹⁹⁴Os, ¹⁸⁸Re, ¹⁸⁶Re, ¹⁵³Sm, ¹⁴⁹Tb, ¹³¹I, ¹²⁵I, ¹¹¹In, ¹⁰⁵Rh, ^(99m)Tc, ⁹⁷Ru, ⁹⁰Y, ⁹⁰Sr, ⁸⁸Y, ⁷²Se, ⁶⁷Cu, or ⁴⁷Sc.

As another example, when the antibodies of the present invention are to be used for in vivo diagnostic use, they can be rendered detectable by conjugation to MRI contrast agents, such as gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), Lauffer et al., Radiology 207(2): 529-38 (1998), or by radioisotopic labeling.

As would be understood, use of the labels described above is not restricted to the application as for which they were mentioned.

The antibodies of the present invention, including fragments and derivatives thereof, can also be conjugated to toxins, in order to target the toxin's ablative action to cells that display and/or express the polypeptides of the present invention. Commonly, the antibody in such immunotoxins is conjugated to Pseudomonas exotoxin A, diphtheria toxin, shiga toxin A, anthrax toxin lethal factor, or ricin. See Hall (ed.), Immunotoxin Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 166), Humana Press (2000); and Frankel et al. (eds.), Clinical Applications of Immunotoxins, Springer-Verlag (1998).

The antibodies of the present invention can usefully be attached to a substrate, and it is, therefore, another aspect of the invention to provide antibodies that bind specifically to one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention, to one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, or the binding of which can be competitively inhibited by one or more of the polypeptides of the present invention or one or more of the polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, attached to a substrate. Substrates can be porous or nonporous, planar or nonplanar. For example, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be conjugated to filtration media, such as NHS-activated Sepharose or CNBr-activated Sepharose for purposes of immunoaffinity chromatography. For example, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be attached to paramagnetic microspheres, typically by biotin-streptavidin interaction, which microsphere can then be used for isolation of cells that express or display the polypeptides of the present invention. As another example, the antibodies of the present invention can usefully be attached to the surface of a microtiter plate for ELISA.

As noted above, the antibodies of the present invention can be produced in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It is, therefore, another aspect of the present invention to provide cells that express the antibodies of the present invention, including hybridoma cells, B cells, plasma cells, and host cells recombinantly modified to express the antibodies of the present invention.

In yet a further aspect, the present invention provides aptamers evolved to bind specifically to one or more of the CSPs of the present invention or to polypeptides encoded by the CSNAs of the invention.

In sum, one of skill in the art, provided with the teachings of this invention, has available a variety of methods which may be used to alter the biological properties of the antibodies of this invention including methods which would increase or decrease the stability or half-life, immunogenicity, toxicity, affinity or yield of a given antibody molecule, or to alter it in any other way that may render it more suitable for a particular application.

Transgenic Animals and Cells

In another aspect, the invention provides transgenic cells and non-human organisms comprising nucleic acid molecules of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, the transgenic cells and non-human organisms comprise a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP. In a preferred embodiment, the CSP comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fragment, mutein, homologous protein or allelic variant thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the transgenic cells and non-human organism comprise a CSNA of the invention, preferably a CSNA comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a part, substantially similar nucleic acid molecule, allelic variant or hybridizing nucleic acid molecule thereof.

In another embodiment, the transgenic cells and non-human organisms have a targeted disruption or replacement of the endogenous orthologue of the human CSG. The transgenic cells can be embryonic stem cells or somatic cells. The transgenic non-human organisms can be chimeric, nonchimeric heterozygotes, and nonchimeric homozygotes. Methods of producing transgenic animals are well known in the art. See, e.g., Hogan et al., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual, 2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Press (1999); Jackson et al., Mouse Genetics and Transgenics: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press (2000); and Pinkert, Transgenic Animal Technology: A Laboratory Handbook, Academic Press (1999).

Any technique known in the art may be used to introduce a nucleic acid molecule of the invention into an animal to produce the founder lines of transgenic animals. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, pronuclear microinjection. (see, e.g. Paterson et al., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40: 691-698 (1994); Carver et al., Biotechnology 11: 1263-1270 (1993); Wright et al., Biotechnology 9: 830-834 (1991); and U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety); retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into germ lines, blastocysts or embryos (see, e.g., Van der Putten et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 82: 6148-6152 (1985)); gene targeting in embryonic stem cells (see, e.g., Thompson et al., Cell 56: 313-321 (1989)); electroporation of cells or embryos (see, e.g., Lo, 1983, Mol. Cell. Biol. 3: 1803-1814 (1983)); introduction using a gene gun (see, e.g., Ulmer et al., Science 259: 1745-49 (1993); introducing nucleic acid constructs into embryonic pleuripotent stem cells and transferring the stem cells back into the blastocyst; and sperm-mediated gene transfer (see, e.g., Lavitrano et al., Cell 57: 717-723 (1989)).

Other techniques include, for example, nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes of nuclei from cultured embryonic, fetal, or adult cells induced to quiescence (see, e.g., Campell et al., Nature 380: 64-66 (1996); Wilmut et al., Nature 385: 810-813 (1997)). The present invention provides for transgenic animals that carry the transgene (i.e., a nucleic acid molecule of the invention) in all their cells, as well as animals which carry the transgene in some, but not all their cells, i.e. e., mosaic animals or chimeric animals.

The transgene may be integrated as a single transgene or as multiple copies, such as in concatamers, e. g., head-to-head tandems or head-to-tail tandems. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into and activated in a particular cell type by following, e.g., the teaching of Lasko et al. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 6232- 6236 (1992). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific activation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

Once transgenic animals have been generated, the expression of the recombinant gene may be assayed utilizing standard techniques. Initial screening may be accomplished by Southern blot analysis or PCR techniques to analyze animal tissues to verify that integration of the transgene has taken place. The level of mRNA expression of the transgene in the tissues of the transgenic animals may also be assessed using techniques which include, but are not limited to, Northern blot analysis of tissue samples obtained from the animal, in situ hybridization analysis, and reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). Samples of transgenic gene-expressing tissue may also be evaluated immunocytochemically or immunohistochemically using antibodies specific for the transgene product.

Once the founder animals are produced, they may be bred, inbred, outbred, or crossbred to produce colonies of the particular animal. Examples of such breeding strategies include, but are not limited to: outbreeding of founder animals with more than one integration site in order to establish separate lines; inbreeding of separate lines in order to produce compound transgenics that express the transgene at higher levels because of the effects of additive expression of each transgene; crossing of heterozygous transgenic animals to produce animals homozygous for a given integration site in order to both augment expression and eliminate the need for screening of animals by DNA analysis; crossing of separate homozygous lines to produce compound heterozygous or homozygous lines; and breeding to place the transgene on a distinct background that is appropriate for an experimental model of interest.

Transgenic animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

Methods for creating a transgenic animal with a disruption of a targeted gene are also well known in the art. In general, a vector is designed to comprise some nucleotide sequences homologous to the endogenous targeted gene. The vector is introduced into a cell so that it may integrate, via homologous recombination with chromosomal sequences, into the endogenous gene, thereby disrupting the function of the endogenous gene. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into a particular cell type, thus inactivating the endogenous gene in only that cell type. See, e.g., Gu et al., Science 265: 103-106 (1994). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific inactivation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art. See, e.g., Smithies et al., Nature 317: 230-234 (1985); Thomas et al., Cell 51: 503-512 (1987); Thompson et al., Cell 5: 313-321 (1989).

In one embodiment, a mutant, non-functional nucleic acid molecule of the invention (or a completely unrelated DNA sequence) flanked by DNA homologous to the endogenous nucleic acid sequence (either the coding regions or regulatory regions of the gene) can be used, with or without a selectable marker and/or a negative selectable marker, to transfect cells that express polypeptides of the invention in vivo. In another embodiment, techniques known in the art are used to generate knockouts in cells that contain, but do not express the gene of interest. Insertion of the DNA construct, via targeted homologous recombination, results in inactivation of the targeted gene. Such approaches are particularly suited in research and agricultural fields where modifications to embryonic stem cells can be used to generate animal offspring with an inactive targeted gene. See, e.g., Thomas, supra and Thompson, supra. However this approach can be routinely adapted for use in humans provided the recombinant DNA constructs are directly administered or targeted to the required site in vivo using appropriate viral vectors that will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

In further embodiments of the invention, cells that are genetically engineered to express the polypeptides of the invention, or alternatively, that are genetically engineered not to express the polypeptides of the invention (e.g., knockouts) are administered to a patient in vivo. Such cells may be obtained from an animal or patient or an MHC compatible donor and can include, but are not limited to fibroblasts, bone marrow cells, blood cells (e.g., lymphocytes), adipocytes, muscle cells, endothelial cells etc. The cells are genetically engineered in vitro using recombinant DNA techniques to introduce the coding sequence of polypeptides of the invention into the cells, or alternatively, to disrupt the coding sequence and/or endogenous regulatory sequence associated with the polypeptides of the invention, e.g., by transduction (using viral vectors, and preferably vectors that integrate the transgene into the cell genome) or transfection procedures, including, but not limited to, the use of plasmids, cosmids, YACs, naked DNA, electroporation, liposomes, etc.

The coding sequence of the polypeptides of the invention can be placed under the control of a strong constitutive or inducible promoter or promoter/enhancer to achieve expression, and preferably secretion, of the polypeptides of the invention. The engineered cells which express and preferably secrete the polypeptides of the invention can be introduced into the patient systemically, e.g., in the circulation, or intraperitoneally.

Alternatively, the cells can be incorporated into a matrix and implanted in the body, e.g., genetically engineered fibroblasts can be implanted as part of a skin graft; genetically engineered endothelial cells can be implanted as part of a lymphatic or vascular graft. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,399,349 and 5,460,959, each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

When the cells to be administered are non-autologous or non-MHC compatible cells, they can be administered using well known techniques which prevent the development of a host immune response against the introduced cells. For example, the cells may be introduced in an encapsulated form which, while allowing for an exchange of components with the immediate extracellular environment, does not allow the introduced cells to be recognized by the host immune system.

Transgenic and “knock-out” animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

Computer Readable Means

A further aspect of the invention is a computer readable means for storing the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the instant invention. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a computer readable means for storing SEQ ID NO: 95-248 and SEQ ID NO: 1-94 as described herein, as the complete set of sequences or in any combination. The records of the computer readable means can be accessed for reading and display and for interface with a computer system for the application of programs allowing for the location of data upon a query for data meeting certain criteria, the comparison of sequences, the alignment or ordering of sequences meeting a set of criteria, and the like.

The nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the invention are particularly useful as components in databases useful for search analyses as well as in sequence analysis algorithms. As used herein, the terms “nucleic acid sequences of the invention” and “amino acid sequences of the invention” mean any detectable chemical or physical characteristic of a polynucleotide or polypeptide of the invention that is or may be reduced to or stored in a computer readable form. These include, without limitation, chromatographic scan data or peak data, photographic data or scan data therefrom, and mass spectrographic data.

This invention provides computer readable media having stored thereon sequences of the invention. A computer readable medium may comprise one or more of the following: a nucleic acid sequence comprising a sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; an amino acid sequence comprising an amino acid sequence of the invention; a set of nucleic acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; a set of amino acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of one or more nucleic acid sequences of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention; a set of nucleic acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; a set of amino acid sequences wherein at least one of said sequences comprises the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of a nucleic acid sequence of the invention; a data set representing a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of an amino acid sequence of the invention. The computer readable medium can be any composition of matter used to store information or data, including, for example, commercially available floppy disks, tapes, hard drives, compact disks, and video disks.

Also provided by the invention are methods for the analysis of character sequences, particularly genetic sequences. Preferred methods of sequence analysis include, for example, methods of sequence homology analysis, such as identity and similarity analysis, RNA structure analysis, sequence assembly, cladistic analysis, sequence motif analysis, open reading frame determination, nucleic acid base calling, and sequencing chromatogram peak analysis.

A computer-based method is provided for performing nucleic acid sequence identity or similarity identification. This method comprises the steps of providing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of a nucleic acid of the invention in a computer readable medium; and comparing said nucleic acid sequence to at least one nucleic acid or amino acid sequence to identify sequence identity or similarity.

A computer-based method is also provided for performing amino acid homology identification, said method comprising the steps of: providing an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence of an amino acid of the invention in a computer readable medium; and comparing said amino acid sequence to at least one nucleic acid or an amino acid sequence to identify homology.

A computer-based method is still further provided for assembly of overlapping nucleic acid sequences into a single nucleic acid sequence, said method comprising the steps of: providing a first nucleic acid sequence comprising the sequence of a nucleic acid of the invention in a computer readable medium; and screening for at least one overlapping region between said first nucleic acid sequence and a second nucleic acid sequence. In addition, the invention includes a method of using patterns of expression associated with either the nucleic acids or proteins in a computer-based method to diagnose disease.

Diagnostic Methods for Colon Cancer

The present invention also relates to quantitative and qualitative diagnostic assays and methods for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging and predicting cancers by comparing expression of a CSNA or a CSP in a human patient that has or may have colon cancer, or who is at risk of developing colon cancer, with the expression of a CSNA or a CSP in a normal human control. For purposes of the present invention, “expression of a CSNA” or “CSNA expression” means the quantity of CSNA MRNA that can be measured by any method known in the art or the level of transcription that can be measured by any method known in the art in a cell, tissue, organ or whole patient. Similarly, the term “expression of a CSP” or “CSP expression” means the amount of CSP that can be measured by any method known in the art or the level of translation of a CSNA that can be measured by any method known in the art.

The present invention provides methods for diagnosing colon cancer in a patient, in particular adenocarcinoma, by analyzing for changes in levels of CSNA or CSP in cells, tissues, organs or bodily fluids compared with levels of CSNA or CSP in cells, tissues, organs or bodily fluids of preferably the same type from a normal human control, wherein an increase, or decrease in certain cases, in levels of a CSNA or CSP in the patient versus the normal human control is associated with the presence of colon cancer or with a predilection to the disease. In another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods for diagnosing colon cancer in a patient by analyzing changes in the structure of the mRNA of a CSG compared to the mRNA from a normal control. These changes include, without limitation, aberrant splicing, alterations in polyadenylation and/or alterations in 5′ nucleotide capping. In yet another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods for diagnosing colon cancer in a patient by analyzing changes in a CSP compared to a CSP from a normal patient. These changes include, e.g., alterations, including post translational modifications such as glycosylation and/or phosphorylation of the CSP or changes in the subcellular CSP localization.

For purposes of the present invention, diagnosing means that CSNA or CSP levels are used to determine the presence or absence of disease in a patient. As will be understood by those of skill in the art, measurement of other diagnostic parameters may be required for definitive diagnosis or determination of the appropriate treatment for the disease. The determination may be made by a clinician, a doctor, a testing laboratory, or a patient using an over the counter test. The patient may have symptoms of disease or may be asymptomatic. In addition, the CSNA or CSP levels of the present invention may be used as screening marker to determine whether further tests or biopsies are warranted. In addition, the CSNA or CSP levels may be used to determine the vulnerability or susceptibility to disease.

In a preferred embodiment, the expression of a CSNA is measured by determining the amount of a mRNA that encodes an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 95-248, a homolog, an allelic variant, or a fragment thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the CSNA expression that is measured is the level of expression of a CSNA mRNA selected from SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a hybridizing nucleic acid, homologous nucleic acid or allelic variant thereof, or a part of any of these nucleic acid molecules. CSNA expression may be measured by any method known in the art, such as those described supra, including measuring mRNA expression by Northern blot, quantitative or qualitative reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), microarray, dot or slot blots or ill situ hybridization. See, e.g., Ausubel (1992), supra; Ausubel (1999), supra; Sambrook (1989), supra; and Sambrook (2001), supra. CSNA transcription may be measured by any method known in the art including using a reporter gene hooked up to the promoter of a CSG of interest or doing nuclear run-off assays. Alterations in mRNA structure, e.g., aberrant splicing variants, may be determined by any method known in the art, including, RT-PCR followed by sequencing or restriction analysis. As necessary, CSNA expression may be compared to a known control, such as normal colon nucleic acid, to detect a change in expression.

In another preferred embodiment, the expression of a CSP is measured by determining the level of a CSP having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, a homolog, an allelic variant, or a fragment thereof. Such levels are preferably determined in at least one of cells, tissues, organs and/or bodily fluids, including determination of normal and abnormal levels. Thus, for instance, a diagnostic assay in accordance with the invention for diagnosing over- or underexpression of a CSNA or CSP compared to normal control bodily fluids, cells, or tissue samples may be used to diagnose the presence of colon cancer. The expression level of a CSP may be determined by any method known in the art, such as those described supra. In a preferred embodiment, the CSP expression level may be determined by radioimmunoassays, competitive-binding assays, ELISA, Western blot, FACS, immunohistochemistry, immunoprecipitation, proteomic approaches: two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D electrophoresis) and non-gel-based approaches such as mass spectrometry or protein interaction profiling. See, e.g, Harlow (1999), supra; Ausubel (1992), supra; and Ausubel (1999), supra. Alterations in the CSP structure may be determined by any method known in the art, including, e.g., using antibodies that specifically recognize phosphoserine, phosphothreonine or phosphotyrosine residues, two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D PAGE) and/or chemical analysis of amino acid residues of the protein. Id.

In a preferred embodiment, a radioimmunoassay (RIA) or an ELISA is used. An antibody specific to a CSP is prepared if one is not already available. In a preferred embodiment, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody. The anti-CSP antibody is bound to a solid support and any free protein binding sites on the solid support are blocked with a protein such as bovine serum albumin. A sample of interest is incubated with the antibody on the solid support under conditions in which the CSP will bind to the anti-CSP antibody. The sample is removed, the solid support is washed to remove unbound material, and an anti-CSP antibody that is linked to a detectable reagent (a radioactive substance for RIA and an enzyme for ELISA) is added to the solid support and incubated under conditions in which binding of the CSP to the labeled antibody will occur. After binding, the unbound labeled antibody is removed by washing. For an ELISA, one or more substrates are added to produce a colored reaction product that is based upon the amount of a CSP in the sample. For an RIA, the solid support is counted for radioactive decay signals by any method known in the art. Quantitative results for both RIA and ELISA typically are obtained by reference to a standard curve.

Other methods to measure CSP levels are known in the art. For instance, a competition assay may be employed wherein an anti-CSP antibody is attached to a solid support and an allocated amount of a labeled CSP and a sample of interest are incubated with the solid support. The amount of labeled CSP attached to the solid support can be correlated to the quantity of a CSP in the sample.

Of the proteomic approaches, 2D PAGE is a well known technique. Isolation of individual proteins from a sample such as serum is accomplished using sequential separation of proteins by isoelectric point and molecular weight. Typically, polypeptides are first separated by isoelectric point (the first dimension) and then separated by size using an electric current (the second dimension). In general, the second dimension is perpendicular to the first dimension. Because no two proteins with different sequences are identical on the basis of both size and charge, the result of 2D PAGE is a roughly square gel in which each protein occupies a unique spot. Analysis of the spots with chemical or antibody probes, or subsequent protein microsequencing can reveal the relative abundance of a given protein and the identity of the proteins in the sample.

Expression levels of a CSNA can be determined by any method known in the art, including PCR and other nucleic acid methods, such as ligase chain reaction (LCR) and nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA), can be used to detect malignant cells for diagnosis and monitoring of various malignancies. For example, reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is a powerful technique which can be used to detect the presence of a specific mRNA population in a complex mixture of thousands of other mRNA species. In RT-PCR, an mRNA species is first reverse transcribed to complementary DNA (cDNA) with use of the enzyme reverse transcriptase; the cDNA is then amplified as in a standard PCR reaction.

Hybridization to specific DNA molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides) arrayed on a solid support can be used to both detect the expression of and quantitate the level of expression of one or more CSNAs of interest. In this approach, all or a portion of one or more CSNAs is fixed to a substrate. A sample of interest, which may comprise RNA, e.g., total RNA or polyA-selected mRNA, or a complementary DNA (cDNA) copy of the RNA is incubated with the solid support under conditions in which hybridization will occur between the DNA on the solid support and the nucleic acid molecules in the sample of interest. Hybridization between the substrate-bound DNA and the nucleic acid molecules in the sample can be detected and quantitated by several means, including, without limitation, radioactive labeling or fluorescent labeling of the nucleic acid molecule or a secondary molecule designed to detect the hybrid.

The above tests can be carried out on samples derived from a variety of cells, bodily fluids and/or tissue extracts such as homogenates or solubilized tissue obtained from a patient. Tissue extracts are obtained routinely from tissue biopsy and autopsy material. Bodily fluids useful in the present invention include blood, urine, saliva or any other bodily secretion or derivative thereof. As used herein “blood” includes whole blood, plasma, serum, circulating epithelial cells, constituents, or any derivative of blood.

In addition to detection in bodily fluids, the proteins and nucleic acids of the invention are suitable to detection by cell capture technology. Whole cells may be captured by a variety methods for example magnetic separation, such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,200,084; 5,186,827; 5,108,933; and 4,925,788, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Epithelial cells may be captured using such products as Dynabeads® or CELLection™ (Dynal Biotech, Oslo, Norway). Alternatively, fractions of blood may be captured, e.g., the buffy coat fraction (50 mm cells isolated from 5 ml of blood) containing epithelial cells. In addition, cancer cells may be captured using the techniques described in WO 00/47998, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Once the cells are captured or concentrated, the proteins or nucleic acids are detected by the means described in the subject application. Alternatively, nucleic acids may be captured directly from blood samples, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,156,504, 5,501,963; or WO 01/42504, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

In a preferred embodiment, the specimen tested for expression of CSNA or CSP includes without limitation colon tissue, fecal samples, colonocytes, colon cells grown in cell culture, blood, serum, lymph node tissue, and lymphatic fluid. In another preferred embodiment, especially when metastasis of a primary colon cancer is known or suspected, specimens include, without limitation, tissues from brain, bone, bone marrow, liver, lungs, and adrenal glands. In general, the tissues may be sampled by biopsy, including, without limitation, needle biopsy, e.g., transthoracic needle aspiration, cervical mediatinoscopy, endoscopic lymph node biopsy, video-assisted thoracoscopy, exploratory thoracotomy, bone marrow biopsy and bone marrow aspiration.

Colonocytes represent an important source of the CSP or CSNA because they provide a picture of the immediate past metabolic history of the GI tract of a subject. In addition, such cells are representative of the cell population from a statistically large sampling frame reflecting the state of the colonic mucosa along the entire length of the colon in a non-invasive manner, in contrast to a limited sampling by colonic biopsy using an invasive procedure involving endoscopy. Specific examples of patents describing the isolation of colonocytes include U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,335,193; 6,020,137 5,741,650; 6,258,541; US 2001 0026925 A1; WO 00/63358 A1, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

All the methods of the present invention may optionally include determining the expression levels of one or more other cancer markers in addition to determining the expression level of a CSNA or CSP. In many cases, the use of another cancer marker will decrease the likelihood of false positives or false negatives. In one embodiment, the one or more other cancer markers include other CSNA or CSPs as disclosed herein. Other cancer markers useful in the present invention will depend on the cancer being tested and are known to those of skill in the art. In a preferred embodiment, at least one other cancer marker in addition to a particular CSNA or CSP is measured. In a more preferred embodiment, at least two other additional cancer markers are used. In an even more preferred embodiment, at least three, more preferably at least five, even more preferably at least ten additional cancer markers are used.

Diagnosing

In one aspect, the invention provides a method for determining the expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more CSNA and/or CSP in a sample from a patient suspected of having colon cancer. In general, the method comprises the steps of obtaining the sample from the patient, determining the expression level or structural alterations of a CSNA and/or CSP and then ascertaining whether the patient has colon cancer from the expression level of the CSNA or CSP. In general, if high expression relative to a control of a CSNA or CSP is indicative of colon cancer, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the CSNA or CSP is at least one and a half times higher, and more preferably are at least two times higher, still more preferably five times higher, even more preferably at least ten times higher, than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. In contrast, if low expression relative to a control of a CSNA or CSP is indicative of colon cancer, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the CSNA or CSP is at least one and a half times lower, and more preferably are at least two times lower, still more preferably five times lower, even more preferably at least ten times lower than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. The normal human control may be from a different patient or from uninvolved tissue of the same patient.

The present invention also provides a method of determining whether colon cancer has metastasized in a patient. One may identify whether the colon cancer has metastasized by measuring the expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs in a variety of tissues. The presence of a CSNA or CSP in a tissue other than colon at levels higher than that of corresponding noncancerous tissue (e.g., the same tissue from another individual) is indicative of metastasis if high level expression of a CSNA or CSP is associated with colon cancer. Similarly, the presence of a CSNA or CSP in a tissue other than colon at levels lower than that of corresponding noncancerous tissue is indicative of metastasis if low level expression of a CSNA or CSP is associated with colon cancer. Further, the presence of a structurally altered CSNA or CSP that is associated with colon cancer is also indicative of metastasis.

In general, if high expression relative to a control of a CSNA or CSP is indicative of metastasis, an assay for metastasis is considered positive if the level of expression of the CSNA or CSP is at least one and a half times higher, and more preferably are at least two times higher, still more preferably five times higher, even more preferably at least ten times higher, than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. In contrast, if low expression relative to a control of a CSNA or CSP is indicative of metastasis, an assay for metastasis is considered positive if the level of expression of the CSNA or CSP is at least one and a half times lower, and more preferably are at least two times lower, still more preferably five times lower, even more preferably at least ten times lower than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control.

Staging

The invention also provides a method of staging colon cancer in a human patient. The method comprises identifyng a human patient having colon cancer and analyzing cells, tissues or bodily fluids from such human patient for expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more CSNAs or CSPs. First, one or more tumors from a variety of patients are staged according to procedures well known in the art, and the expression levels of one or more CSNAs or CSPs is determined for each stage to obtain a standard expression level for each CSNA and CSP. Then, the CSNA or CSP expression levels of the CSNA or CSP are determined in a biological sample from a patient whose stage of cancer is not known. The CSNA or CSP expression levels from the patient are then compared to the standard expression level. By comparing the expression level of the CSNAs and CSPs from the patient to the standard expression levels, one may determine the stage of the tumor. The same procedure may be followed using structural alterations of a CSNA or CSP to determine the stage of a colon cancer.

Monitoring

Further provided is a method of monitoring colon cancer in a human patient. One may monitor a human patient to determine whether there has been metastasis and, if there has been, when metastasis began to occur. One may also monitor a human patient to determine whether a preneoplastic lesion has become cancerous. One may also monitor a human patient to determine whether a therapy, e.g., chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery, has decreased or eliminated the colon cancer. The monitoring may determine if there has been a reoccurrence and, if so, determine its nature. The method comprises identifying a human patient that one wants to monitor for colon cancer, periodically analyzing cells, tissues or bodily fluids from such human patient for expression levels of one or more CSNAs or CSPs, and comparing the CSNA or CSP levels over time to those CSNA or CSP expression levels obtained previously. Patients may also be monitored by measuring one or more structural alterations in a CSNA or CSP that are associated with colon cancer.

If increased expression of a CSNA or CSP is associated with metastasis, treatment failure, or conversion of a preneoplastic lesion to a cancerous lesion, then detecting an increase in the expression level of a CSNA or CSP indicates that the tumor is metastasizing, that treatment has failed or that the lesion is cancerous, respectively. One having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that if this were the case, then a decreased expression level would be indicative of no metastasis, effective therapy or failure to progress to a neoplastic lesion. If decreased expression of a CSNA or CSP is associated with metastasis, treatment failure, or conversion of a preneoplastic lesion to a cancerous lesion, then detecting a decrease in the expression level of a CSNA or CSP indicates that the tumor is metastasizing, that treatment has failed or that the lesion is cancerous, respectively. In a preferred embodiment, the levels of CSNAs or CSPs are determined from the same cell type, tissue or bodily fluid as prior patient samples. Monitoring a patient for onset of colon cancer metastasis is periodic and preferably is done on a quarterly basis, but may be done more or less frequently.

The methods described herein can further be utilized as prognostic assays to identify subjects having or at risk of developing a disease or disorder associated with increased or decreased expression levels of a CSNA and/or CSP. The present invention provides a method in which a test sample is obtained from a human patient and one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs are detected. The presence of higher (or lower) CSNA or CSP levels as compared to normal human controls is diagnostic for the human patient being at risk for developing cancer, particularly colon cancer. The effectiveness of therapeutic agents to decrease (or increase) expression or activity of one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs of the invention can also be monitored by analyzing levels of expression of the CSNAs and/or CSPs in a human patient in clinical trials or in in vitro screening assays such as in human cells. In this way, the gene expression pattern can serve as a marker, indicative of the physiological response of the human patient or cells, as the case may be, to the agent being tested.

Detection of Genetic Lesions or Mutations

The methods of the present invention can also be used to detect genetic lesions or mutations in a CSG, thereby determining if a human with the genetic lesion is susceptible to developing colon cancer or to determine what genetic lesions are responsible, or are partly responsible, for a person's existing colon cancer. Genetic lesions can be detected, for example, by ascertaining the existence of a deletion, insertion and/or substitution of one or more nucleotides from the CSGs of this invention, a chromosomal rearrangement of a CSG, an aberrant modification of a CSG (such as of the methylation pattern of the genomic DNA), or allelic loss of a CSG. Methods to detect such lesions in the CSG of this invention are known to those having ordinary skill in the art following the teachings of the specification.

Methods of Detecting Noncancerous Colon Diseases

The present invention also provides methods for determining the expression levels and/or structural alterations of one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs in a sample from a patient suspected of having or known to have a noncancerous colon disease. In general, the method comprises the steps of obtaining a sample from the patient, determining the expression level or structural alterations of a CSNA and/or CSP, comparing the expression level or structural alteration of the CSNA or CSP to a normal colon control, and then ascertaining whether the patient has a noncancerous colon disease. In general, if high expression relative to a control of a CSNA or CSP is indicative of a particular noncancerous colon disease, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the CSNA or CSP is at least two times higher, and more preferably are at least five times higher, even more preferably at least ten times higher, than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. In contrast, if low expression relative to a control of a CSNA or CSP is indicative of a noncancerous colon disease, a diagnostic assay is considered positive if the level of expression of the CSNA or CSP is at least two times lower, more preferably are at least five times lower, even more preferably at least ten times lower than in preferably the same cells, tissues or bodily fluid of a normal human control. The normal human control may be from a different patient or from uninvolved tissue of the same patient.

One having ordinary skill in the art may determine whether a CSNA and/or CSP is associated with a particular noncancerous colon disease by obtaining colon tissue from a patient having a noncancerous colon disease of interest and determining which CSNAs and/or CSPs are expressed in the tissue at either a higher or a lower level than in normal colon tissue. In another embodiment, one may determine whether a CSNA or CSP exhibits structural alterations in a particular noncancerous colon disease state by obtaining colon tissue from a patient having a noncancerous colon disease of interest and determining the structural alterations in one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs relative to normal colon tissue.

Methods for Identifying Colon Tissue

In another aspect, the invention provides methods for identifying colon tissue. These methods are particularly useful in, e.g., forensic science, colon cell differentiation and development, and in tissue engineering.

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for determining whether a sample is colon tissue or has colon tissue-like characteristics. The method comprises the steps of providing a sample suspected of comprising colon tissue or having colon tissue-like characteristics, determining whether the sample expresses one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs, and, if the sample expresses one or more CSNAs and/or CSPs, concluding that the sample comprises colon tissue. In a preferred embodiment, the CSNA encodes a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a homolog, allelic variant or fragment thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the CSNA has a nucleotide sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a hybridizing nucleic acid, an allelic variant or a part thereof. Determining whether a sample expresses a CSNA can be accomplished by any method known in the art. Preferred methods include hybridization to microarrays, Northern blot hybridization, and quantitative or qualitative RT-PCR. In another preferred embodiment, the method can be practiced by determining whether a CSP is expressed. Determining whether a sample expresses a CSP can be accomplished by any method known in the art. Preferred methods include Western blot, ELISA, RIA and 2D PAGE. In one embodiment, the CSP has an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a homolog, allelic variant or fragment thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the expression of at least two CSNAs and/or CSPs is determined. In a more preferred embodiment, the expression of at least three, more preferably four and even more preferably five CSNAs and/or CSPs are determined.

In one embodiment, the method can be used to determine whether an unknown tissue is colon tissue. This is particularly useful in forensic science, in which small, damaged pieces of tissues that are not identifiable by microscopic or other means are recovered from a crime or accident scene. In another embodiment, the method can be used to determine whether a tissue is differentiating or developing into colon tissue. This is important in monitoring the effects of the addition of various agents to cell or tissue culture, e.g., in producing new colon tissue by tissue engineering. These agents include, e.g., growth and differentiation factors, extracellular matrix proteins and culture medium. Other factors that may be measured for effects on tissue development and differentiation include gene transfer into the cells or tissues, alterations in pH, aqueous:air interface and various other culture conditions.

Methods for Producing and Modifying Colon Tissue

In another aspect, the invention provides methods for producing engineered colon tissue or cells. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of providing cells, introducing a CSNA or a CSG into the cells, and growing the cells under conditions in which they exhibit one or more properties of colon tissue cells. In a preferred embodiment, the cells are pleuripotent. As is well known in the art, normal colon tissue comprises a large number of different cell types. Thus, in one embodiment, the engineered colon tissue or cells comprises one of these cell types. In another embodiment, the engineered colon tissue or cells comprises more than one colon cell type. Further, the culture conditions of the cells or tissue may require manipulation in order to achieve full differentiation and development of the colon cell tissue. Methods for manipulating culture conditions are well known in the art.

Nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more CSPs are introduced into cells, preferably pleuripotent cells. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules encode CSPs having amino acid sequences selected from SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or homologous proteins, analogs, allelic variants or fragments thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules have a nucleotide sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or hybridizing nucleic acids, allelic variants or parts thereof. In another highly preferred embodiment, a CSG is introduced into the cells. Expression vectors and methods of introducing nucleic acid molecules into cells are well known in the art and are described in detail, supra.

Artificial colon tissue may be used to treat patients who have lost some or all of their colon function.

Pharmaceutical Compositions

In another aspect, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, fusion proteins, antibodies, antibody derivatives, antibody fragments, agonists, antagonists, or inhibitors of the present invention. In a preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a CSNA or part thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the CSNA has a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, a nucleic acid that hybridizes thereto, an allelic variant thereof, or a nucleic acid that has substantial sequence identity thereto. In another preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a CSP or fragment thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a CSP having an amino acid sequence that is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, a polypeptide that is homologous thereto, a fusion protein comprising all or a portion of the polypeptide, or an analog or derivative thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises an anti-CSP antibody, preferably an antibody that specifically binds to a CSP having an amino acid that is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or an antibody that binds to a polypeptide that is homologous thereto, a fusion protein comprising all or a portion of the polypeptide, or an analog or derivative thereof.

Due to the association of angiogenesis with cancer vascularization there is great need of new markers and methods for diagnosing angiogenesis activity to identify developing tumors and angiogenesis related diseases. Furthermore, great need is also present for new molecular targets useful in the treatment of angiogenesis and angiogenesis related diseases such as cancer. In addition known modulators of angiogenesis such as endostatin or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Use of the methods and compositions disclosed herein in combination with anti-angiogenesis drugs, drugs that block the matrix breakdown (such as BMS-275291, Dalteparin (Fragmin®), Suramin), drugs that inhibit endothelial cells (2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME), CC-5013 (Thalidomide Analog), Combretastatin A4 Phosphate, LY317615 (Protein Kinase C Beta Inhibitor), Soy Isoflavone (Genistein; Soy Protein Isolate), Thalidomide), drugs that block activators of angiogenesis (AE-941 (Neovastat™; GW786034), Anti-VEGF Antibody (Bevacizumab; Avastin™), Interferon-alpha, PTK787/ZK 222584, VEGF-Trap, ZD6474), Drugs that inhibit endothelial-specific integrin/survival signaling (EMD 121974, Anti-Anb3 Integrin Antibody (Medi-522; Vitaxin™)).

Such a composition typically contains from about 0.1 to 90% by weight of a therapeutic agent of the invention formulated in and/or with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.

Pharmaceutical formulation is a well-established art that is further described in Gennaro (ed.), Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 20^(th) ed., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (2000); Ansel et al., Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 7^(th) ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (1999); and Kibbe (ed.), Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients American Pharmaceutical Association, 3^(rd) ed. (2000) and thus need not be described in detail herein.

Briefly, formulation of the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention will depend upon the route chosen for administration. The pharmaceutical compositions utilized in this invention can be administered by various routes including both enteral and parenteral routes, including oral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, inhalation, topical, sublingual, rectal, intra-arterial, intramedullary, intrathecal, intraventricular, transmucosal, transdermal, intranasal, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, and intrauterine.

Oral dosage forms can be formulated as tablets, pills, dragees, capsules, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, suspensions, and the like, for ingestion by the patient.

Solid formulations of the compositions for oral administration can contain suitable carriers or excipients, such as carbohydrate or protein fillers, such as sugars, including lactose, sucrose, mannitol, or sorbitol; starch from corn, wheat, rice, potato, or other plants; cellulose, such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl-cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, or microcrystalline cellulose; gums including arabic and tragacanth; proteins such as gelatin and collagen; inorganics, such as kaolin, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium chloride; and other agents such as acacia and alginic acid.

Agents that facilitate disintegration and/or solubilization can be added, such as the cross-linked polyvinyl pyrrolidone, agar, alginic acid, or a salt thereof, such as sodium alginate, microcrystalline cellulose, cornstarch, sodium starch glycolate, and alginic acid.

Tablet binders that can be used include acacia, methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone (Povidone™), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, sucrose, starch and ethylcellulose.

Lubricants that can be used include magnesium stearates, stearic acid, silicone fluid, talc, waxes, oils, and colloidal silica.

Fillers, agents that facilitate disintegration and/or solubilization, tablet binders and lubricants, including the aforementioned, can be used singly or in combination.

Solid oral dosage forms need not be uniform throughout. For example, dragee cores can be used in conjunction with suitable coatings, such as concentrated sugar solutions, which can also contain gum arabic, talc, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carbopol gel, polyethylene glycol, and/or titanium dioxide, lacquer solutions, and suitable organic solvents or solvent mixtures.

Oral dosage forms of the present invention include push-fit capsules made of gelatin, as well as soft, sealed capsules made of gelatin and a coating, such as glycerol or sorbitol. Push-fit capsules can contain active ingredients mixed with a filler or binders, such as lactose or starches, lubricants, such as talc or magnesium stearate, and, optionally, stabilizers. In soft capsules, the active compounds can be dissolved or suspended in suitable liquids, such as fatty oils, liquid, or liquid polyethylene glycol with or without stabilizers.

Additionally, dyestuffs or pigments can be added to the tablets or dragee coatings for product identification or to characterize the quantity of active compound, i.e., dosage.

Liquid formulations of the pharmaceutical compositions for oral (enteral) administration are prepared in water or other aqueous vehicles and can contain various suspending agents such as methylcellulose, alginates, tragacanth, pectin, kelgin, carrageenan, acacia, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polyvinyl alcohol. The liquid formulations can also include solutions, emulsions, syrups and elixirs containing, together with the active compound(s), wetting agents, sweeteners, and coloring and flavoring agents.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can also be formulated for parenteral administration. Formulations for parenteral administration can be in the form of aqueous or non-aqueous isotonic sterile injection solutions or suspensions.

For intravenous injection, water soluble versions of the compounds of the present invention are formulated in, or if provided as a lyophilate, mixed with, a physiologically acceptable fluid vehicle, such as 5% dextrose (“D5”), physiologically buffered saline, 0.9% saline, Hanks' solution, or Ringer's solution. Intravenous formulations may include carriers, excipients or stabilizers including, without limitation, calcium, human serum albumin, citrate, acetate, calcium chloride, carbonate, and other salts.

Intramuscular preparations, e.g. a sterile formulation of a suitable soluble salt form of the compounds of the present invention, can be dissolved and administered in a pharmaceutical excipient such as Water-for-Injection, 0.9% saline, or 5% glucose solution. Alternatively, a suitable insoluble form of the compound can be prepared and administered as a suspension in an aqueous base or a pharmaceutically acceptable oil base, such as an ester of a long chain fatty acid (e.g., ethyl oleate), fatty oils such as sesame oil, triglycerides, or liposomes.

Parenteral formulations of the compositions can contain various carriers such as vegetable oils, dimethylacetamide, dimethylformamide, ethyl lactate, ethyl carbonate, isopropyl myristate, ethanol, polyols (glycerol, propylene glycol, liquid polyethylene glycol, and the like).

Aqueous injection suspensions can also contain substances that increase the viscosity of the suspension, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sorbitol, or dextran. Non-lipid polycationic amino polymers can also be used for delivery. Optionally, the suspension can also contain suitable stabilizers or agents that increase the solubility of the compounds to allow for the preparation of highly concentrated solutions.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can also be formulated to permit injectable, long-term, deposition. Injectable depot forms may be made by forming microencapsulated matrices of the compound in biodegradable polymers such as polylactide-polyglycolide. Depending upon the ratio of drug to polymer and the nature of the particular polymer employed, the rate of drug release can be controlled. Examples of other biodegradable polymers include poly(orthoesters) and poly(anhydrides). Depot injectable formulations are also prepared by entrapping the drug in microemulsions that are compatible with body tissues.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be administered topically. For topical use the compounds of the present invention can also be prepared in suitable forms to be applied to the skin, or mucus membranes of the nose and throat, and can take the form of lotions, creams, ointments, liquid sprays or inhalants, drops, tinctures, lozenges, or throat paints. Such topical formulations further can include chemical compounds such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) to facilitate surface penetration of the active ingredient. In other transdermal formulations, typically in patch-delivered formulations, the pharmaceutically active compound is formulated with one or more skin penetrants, such as 2-N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP) or Azone. A topical semi-solid ointment formulation typically contains a concentration of the active ingredient from about 1 to 20%, e.g., 5 to 10%, in a carrier such as a pharmaceutical cream base.

For application to the eyes or ears, the compounds of the present invention can be presented in liquid or semi-liquid form formulated in hydrophobic or hydrophilic bases as ointments, creams, lotions, paints or powders.

For rectal administration the compounds of the present invention can be administered in the form of suppositories admixed with conventional carriers such as cocoa butter, wax or other glyceride.

Inhalation formulations can also readily be formulated. For inhalation, various powder and liquid formulations can be prepared. For aerosol preparations, a sterile formulation of the compound or salt form of the compound may be used in inhalers, such as metered dose inhalers, and nebulizers. Aerosolized forms may be especially useful for treating respiratory disorders.

Alternatively, the compounds of the present invention can be in powder form for reconstitution in the appropriate pharmaceutically acceptable carrier at the time of delivery.

The pharmaceutically active compound in the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be provided as the salt of a variety of acids, including but not limited to hydrochloric, sulfuric, acetic, lactic, tartaric, malic, and succinic acid. Salts tend to be more soluble in aqueous or other protonic solvents than are the corresponding free base forms.

After pharmaceutical compositions have been prepared, they are packaged in an appropriate container and labeled for treatment of an indicated condition.

The active compound will be present in an amount effective to achieve the intended purpose. The determination of an effective dose is well within the capability of those skilled in the art.

A “therapeutically effective dose” refers to that amount of active ingredient, for example CSP polypeptide, fusion protein, or fragments thereof, antibodies specific for CSP, agonists, antagonists or inhibitors of CSP, which ameliorates the signs or symptoms of the disease or prevent progression thereof; as would be understood in the medical arts, cure, although desired, is not required.

The therapeutically effective dose of the pharmaceutical agents of the present invention can be estimated initially by in vitro tests, such as cell culture assays, followed by assay in model animals, usually mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, or pigs. The animal model can also be used to determine an initial preferred concentration range and route of administration.

For example, the ED50 (the dose therapeutically effective in 50% of the population) and LD50 (the dose lethal to 50% of the population) can be determined in one or more cell culture of animal model systems. The dose ratio of toxic to therapeutic effects is the therapeutic index, which can be expressed as LD50/ED50. Pharmaceutical compositions that exhibit large therapeutic indices are preferred.

The data obtained from cell culture assays and animal studies are used in formulating an initial dosage range for human use, and preferably provide a range of circulating concentrations that includes the ED50 with little or no toxicity. After administration, or between successive administrations, the circulating concentration of active agent varies within this range depending upon pharmacokinetic factors well known in the art, such as the dosage form employed, sensitivity of the patient, and the route of administration.

The exact dosage will be determined by the practitioner, in light of factors specific to the subject requiring treatment. Factors that can be taken into account by the practitioner include the severity of the disease state, general health of the subject, age, weight, gender of the subject, diet, time and frequency of administration, drug combination(s), reaction sensitivities, and tolerance/response to therapy. Long-acting pharmaceutical compositions can be administered every 3 to 4 days, every week, or once every two weeks depending on half-life and clearance rate of the particular formulation.

Normal dosage amounts may vary from 0.1 to 100,000 micrograms, up to a total dose of about 1 g, depending upon the route of administration. Where the therapeutic agent is a protein or antibody of the present invention, the therapeutic protein or antibody agent typically is administered at a daily dosage of 0.01 mg to 30 mg/kg of body weight of the patient (e.g., 1 mg/kg to 5 mg/kg). The pharmaceutical formulation can be administered in multiple doses per day, if desired, to achieve the total desired daily dose.

Guidance as to particular dosages and methods of delivery is provided in the literature and generally available to practitioners in the art. Those skilled in the art will employ different formulations for nucleotides than for proteins or their inhibitors. Similarly, delivery of polynucleotides or polypeptides will be specific to particular cells, conditions, locations, etc.

Conventional methods, known to those of ordinary skill in the art of medicine, can be used to administer the pharmaceutical formulation(s) of the present invention to the patient. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be administered alone, or in combination with other therapeutic agents or interventions.

Therapeutic Methods

The present invention further provides methods of treating subjects having defects in a gene of the invention, e.g., in expression, activity, distribution, localization, and/or solubility, which can manifest as a disorder of colon function. As used herein, “treating” includes all medically-acceptable types of therapeutic intervention, including palliation and prophylaxis (prevention) of disease. The term “treating” encompasses any improvement of a disease, including minor improvements. These methods are discussed below.

Gene Therapy and Vaccines

The isolated nucleic acids of the present invention can also be used to drive in vivo expression of the polypeptides of the present invention. In vivo expression can be driven from a vector, typically a viral vector, often a vector based upon a replication incompetent retrovirus, an adenovirus, or an adeno-associated virus (AAV), for the purpose of gene therapy. In vivo expression can also be driven from signals endogenous to the nucleic acid or from a vector, often a plasmid vector, such as pVAX1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA), for purpose of “naked” nucleic acid vaccination, as further described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,589,466; 5,679,647; 5,804,566; 5,830,877; 5,843,913; 5,880,104; 5,958,891; 5,985,847; 6,017,897; 6,110,898; 6,204,250, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. For cancer therapy, it is preferred that the vector also be tumor-selective. See, e.g., Doronin et al., J. Virol. 75: 3314-24 (2001).

In another embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is administered. The nucleic acid molecule can be delivered in a vector that drives expression of a CSP, fusion protein, or fragment thereof, or without such vector. Nucleic acid compositions that can drive expression of a CSP are administered, for example, to complement a deficiency in the native CSP, or as DNA vaccines. Expression vectors derived from virus, replication deficient retroviruses, adenovirus, adeno-associated (AAV) virus, herpes virus, or vaccinia virus can be used as can plasmids. See, e.g., Cid-Arregui, supra. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes a CSP having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fragment, fusion protein, allelic variant or homolog thereof.

In still other therapeutic methods of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising host cells that express a CSP, fusions, or fragments thereof can be administered. In such cases, the cells are typically autologous, so as to circumvent xenogeneic or allotypic rejection, and are administered to complement defects in CSP production or activity. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid molecules in the cells encode a CSP having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fragment, fusion protein, allelic variant or homolog thereof.

Antisense Administration

Antisense nucleic acid compositions, or vectors that drive expression of a CSG antisense nucleic acid, are administered to downregulate transcription and/or translation of a CSG in circumstances in which excessive production, or production of aberrant protein, is the pathophysiologic basis of disease.

Antisense compositions useful in therapy can have a sequence that is complementary to coding or to noncoding regions of a CSG. For example, oligonucleotides derived from the transcription initiation site, e.g., between positions −10 and +10 from the start site, are preferred.

Catalytic antisense compositions, such as ribozymes, that are capable of sequence-specific hybridization to CSG transcripts, are also useful in therapy. See, e.g., Phylactou, Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 44(2-3): 97-108 (2000); Phylactou et al., Hum. Mol. Genet. 7(10): 1649-53 (1998); Rossi, Ciba Found. Symp. 209: 195-204 (1997); and Sigurdsson et al., Trends Biotechnol. 13(8): 286-9 (1995).

Other nucleic acids useful in the therapeutic methods of the present invention are those that are capable of triplex helix formation in or near the CSG genomic locus. Such triplexing oligonucleotides are able to inhibit transcription. See, e.g., Intody et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 28(21): 4283-90 (2000); and McGuffie et al., Cancer Res. 60(14): 3790-9 (2000). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such triplex forming oligos (TFOs) are administered in circumstances in which excessive production, or production of aberrant protein, is a pathophysiologic basis of disease.

In a preferred embodiment, the antisense molecule is derived from a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CSP, preferably a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fragment, allelic variant or homolog thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antisense molecule is derived from a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

Polypeptide Administration

In one embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a CSP, a fusion protein, fragment, analog or derivative thereof is administered to a subject with a clinically-significant CSP defect.

Protein compositions are administered, for example, to complement a deficiency in native CSP. In other embodiments, protein compositions are administered as a vaccine to elicit a humoral and/or cellular immune response to CSP. The immune response can be used to modulate activity of CSP or, depending on the immunogen, to immunize against aberrant or aberrantly expressed forms, such as mutant or inappropriately expressed isoforms. In yet other embodiments, protein fusions having a toxic moiety are administered to ablate cells that aberrantly accumulate CSP.

In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide administered is a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fusion protein, allelic variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

Antibody, Agonist and Antagonist Administration

In another embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody (including fragment or derivative thereof) of the present invention is administered. As is well known, antibody compositions are administered, for example, to antagonize activity of CSP, or to target therapeutic agents to sites of CSP presence and/or accumulation. In a preferred embodiment, the antibody specifically binds to a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fusion protein, allelic variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antibody specifically binds to a CSP encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

The present invention also provides methods for identifying modulators which bind to a CSP or have a modulatory effect on the expression or activity of a CSP. Modulators which decrease the expression or activity of CSP (antagonists) are believed to be useful in treating colon cancer. Such screening assays are known to those of skill in the art and include, without limitation, cell-based assays and cell-free assays. Small molecules predicted via computer imaging to specifically bind to regions of a CSP can also be designed, synthesized and tested for use in the imaging and treatment of colon cancer. Further, libraries of molecules can be screened for potential anticancer agents by assessing the ability of the molecule to bind to the CSPs identified herein. Molecules identified in the library as being capable of binding to a CSP are key candidates for further evaluation for use in the treatment of colon cancer. In a preferred embodiment, these molecules will downregulate expression and/or activity of a CSP in cells.

In another embodiment of the therapeutic methods of the present invention, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a non-antibody antagonist of CSP is administered. Antagonists of CSP can be produced using methods generally known in the art. In particular, purified CSP can be used to screen libraries of pharmaceutical agents, often combinatorial libraries of small molecules, to identify those that specifically bind and antagonize at least one activity of a CSP.

In other embodiments a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agonist of a CSP is administered. Agonists can be identified using methods analogous to those used to identify antagonists.

In a preferred embodiment, the antagonist or agonist specifically binds to and antagonizes or agonizes, respectively, a CSP comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248, or a fusion protein, allelic variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. In a more preferred embodiment, the antagonist or agonist specifically binds to and antagonizes or agonizes, respectively, a CSP encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94, or a part, allelic variant, substantially similar or hybridizing nucleic acid thereof.

Targeting Colon Tissue

The invention also provides a method in which a polypeptide of the invention, or an antibody thereto, is linked to a therapeutic agent such that it can be delivered to the colon or to specific cells in the colon. In a preferred embodiment, an anti-CSP antibody is linked to a therapeutic agent and is administered to a patient in need of such therapeutic agent. The therapeutic agent may be a toxin, if colon tissue needs to be selectively destroyed. This would be useful for targeting and killing colon cancer cells. In another embodiment, the therapeutic agent may be a growth or differentiation factor, which would be useful for promoting colon cell function.

In another embodiment, an anti-CSP antibody may be linked to an imaging agent that can be detected using, e.g., magnetic resonance imaging, CT or PET. This would be useful for determining and monitoring colon function, identifying colon cancer tumors, and identifying noncancerous colon diseases.

EXAMPLES Example 1a Alternative Splice Variants

We identified gene transcripts using the Gencarta™ tools (Compugen Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel) and a variety of public and proprietary databases. These splice variants are either sequences which differ from a previously defined sequence or new uses of known sequences. In general related variants are annotated as DEX0450_XXX.nt.1, DEX0450_XXX.nt.2, DEX0450_XXX.nt.3, etc. The variant DNA sequences encode proteins which differ from a previously defined protein sequence. In relation to the nucleotide sequence naming convention, protein variants are annotated as DEX0450_XXX.aa.1, DEX0450_XXX.aa.2, etc., wherein transcript DEX0450_XXX.nt.1 encodes protein DEX0450_XXX.aa.1. A single transcript may encode a protein from an alternate Open Reading Fram (ORF) which is designated DEX0450_XXX.orf.1. Additionally, multiple transcripts may encode for a single protein. In this case, DEX0450_XXX.nt.1 and DEX0450_XXX.nt.2 will both be associated with DEX0450_XXX-aa.1.

The mapping of the nucleic acid (“NT”) SEQ ID NO; DEX ID; chromosomal location (if known); open reading frame (ORF) location; amino acid (“AA”) SEQ ID NO;

AA DEX ID; are shown in the table below. SEQ SEQ ID ID NO DEX ID Chromo Map ORF Loc NO DEX ID 1 DEX0450_001.nt.1 6p21.31 296-932 95 DEX0450_001.aa.1 1 DEX0450_001.nt.1 6p21.31  656-1330 96 DEX0450_001.orf.1 2 DEX0450_002.nt.1 6p22.1  957-1812 97 DEX0450_002.aa.1 2 DEX0450_002.nt.1 6p22.1  847-1809 98 DEX0450_002.orf.1 3 DEX0450_003.nt.1 19q13.2  1-154 99 DEX0450_003.aa.1 3 DEX0450_003.nt.1 19q13.2  62-424 100 DEX0450_003.orf.1 4 DEX0450_003.nt.2 19q13.2  485-1642 101 DEX0450_003.aa.2 5 DEX0450_003.nt.3 19q13.2 100-674 102 DEX0450_003.aa.3 5 DEX0450_003.nt.3 19q13.2  296-1621 103 DEX0450_003.orf.3 6 DEX0450_004.nt.1 5q32  75-371 104 DEX0450_004.aa.1 7 DEX0450_005.nt.1 8q21.11  1-321 105 DEX0450_005.aa.1 7 DEX0450_005.nt.1 8q21.11  1-279 106 DEX0450_005.orf.1 8 DEX0450_006.nt.1 7q31.33  27-326 107 DEX0450_006.aa.1 9 DEX0450_007.nt.1 7  203-1876 108 DEX0450_007.orf.1 9 DEX0450_007.nt.1 7   1-1503 109 DEX0450_007.aa.1 10 DEX0450_007.nt.2 7q32.1  203-1216 110 DEX0450_007.orf.2 10 DEX0450_007.nt.2 7q32.1  1-843 111 DEX0450_007.aa.2 11 DEX0450_008.nt.1 18q21.33  239-1541 112 DEX0450_008.aa.1 12 DEX0450_009.nt.1 2q14.1 2984-5102 113 DEX0450_009.aa.1 12 DEX0450_009.nt.1 2q14.1  714-1391 114 DEX0450_009.orf.1 13 DEX0450_009.nt.2 2q14.1  550-2259 115 DEX0450_009.aa.2 14 DEX0450_010.nt.1 20p13 312-716 116 DEX0450_010.aa.1 15 DEX0450_010.nt.2 20p13  28-276 117 DEX0450_010.aa.2 15 DEX0450_010.nt.2 20p13  1-438 118 DEX0450_010.orf.2 16 DEX0450_010.nt.3 20p13 1389-3234 119 DEX0450_010.aa.3 16 DEX0450_010.nt.3 20p13 1992-3230 120 DEX0450_010.orf.3 17 DEX0450_011.nt.1 14q24.2  108-1100 121 DEX0450_011.aa.1 18 DEX0450_012.nt.1 17q12 116-643 122 DEX0450_012.aa.1 19 DEX0450_012.nt.2 17q12 116-589 123 DEX0450_012.aa.2 20 DEX0450_013.nt.1 16p13.3  358-1095 124 DEX0450_013.aa.1 21 DEX0450_014.nt.1 6p21.1 133-955 125 DEX0450_014.aa.1 21 DEX0450_014.nt.1 6p21.1 119-952 126 DEX0450_014.orf.1 22 DEX0450_015.nt.1 2p23.3  25-6947 127 DEX0450_015.aa.1 22 DEX0450_015.nt.1 2p23.3   3-4955 128 DEX0450_015.orf.1 23 DEX0450_015.nt.2 2p23.3  27-6752 129 DEX0450_015.aa.2 24 DEX0450_015.nt.3 2p23.3  642-1754 130 DEX0450_015.aa.3 25 DEX0450_016.nt.1 7q11.23  55-2968 131 DEX0450_016.aa.1 25 DEX0450_016.nt.1 7q11.23   2-2158 132 DEX0450_016.orf.1 26 DEX0450_016.nt.2 7q11.23  204-2094 133 DEX0450_016.aa.2 26 DEX0450_016.nt.2 7q11.23  139-1284 134 DEX0450_016.orf.2 27 DEX0450_016.nt.3 7q11.23  55-3085 135 DEX0450_016.aa.3 27 DEX0450_016.nt.3 7q11.23  869-2275 136 DEX0450_016.orf.3 28 DEX0450_017.nt.1 19p13.2  1-573 137 DEX0450_017.aa.1 29 DEX0450_017.nt.2 19p13.2  1-356 138 DEX0450_017.aa.2 29 DEX0450_017.nt.2 19p13.2 328-822 139 DEX0450_017.orf.2 30 DEX0450_017.nt.3 19p13.2  1-443 140 DEX0450_017.aa.3 30 DEX0450_017.nt.3 19p13.2 415-909 141 DEX0450_017.orf.3 31 DEX0450_018.nt.1 7q22.1  608-2515 142 DEX0450_018.aa.1 32 DEX0450_018.nt.2 7q22.1  608-2653 143 DEX0450_018.aa.2 33 DEX0450_018.nt.3 7q22.1  607-2570 144 DEX0450_018.aa.3 33 DEX0450_018.nt.3 7q22.1  563-2569 145 DEX0450_018.orf.3 34 DEX0450_018.nt.4 7q22.1  143-1379 146 DEX0450_018.aa.4 34 DEX0450_018.nt.4 7q22.1  612-1376 147 DEX0450_018.orf.4 35 DEX0450_019.nt.1 6p21.32 1091-2030 148 DEX0450_019.aa.1 35 DEX0450_019.nt.1 6p21.32  858-1754 149 DEX0450_019.orf.1 36 DEX0450_019.nt.2 6p21.32 1091-1912 150 DEX0450_019.aa.2 36 DEX0450_019.nt.2 6p21.32  858-1739 151 DEX0450_019.orf.2 37 DEX0450_019.nt.3 6p21.32 1091-1797 152 DEX0450_019.aa.3 37 DEX0450_019.nt.3 6p21.32  858-1748 153 DEX0450_019.orf.3 38 DEX0450_020.nt.1 10q24.32  270-1053 154 DEX0450_020.aa.1 38 DEX0450_020.nt.1 10q24.32  303-1049 155 DEX0450_020.orf.1 39 DEX0450_020.nt.2 10q24.32  823-1222 156 DEX0450_020.aa.2 39 DEX0450_020.nt.2 10q24.32  457-1131 157 DEX0450_020.orf.2 40 DEX0450_020.nt.3 10q24.32  823-1222 DEX0450_020.aa.2 40 DEX0450_020.nt.3 10q24.32 3052-4404 158 DEX0450_020.orf.3 41 DEX0450_021.nt.1 13q21.31  227-3805 159 DEX0450_021.aa.1 42 DEX0450_022.nt.1 19q13.43  359-2312 160 DEX0450_022.aa.1 42 DEX0450_022.nt.1 19q13.43  327-1433 161 DEX0450_022.orf.1 43 DEX0450_023.nt.1 6p24.3  1-492 162 DEX0450_023.aa.1 44 DEX0450_023.nt.2 6p24.3  1-96 163 DEX0450_023.aa.2 44 DEX0450_023.nt.2 6p24.3  883-1212 164 DEX0450_023.orf.2 45 DEX0450_023.nt.3 6p24.3  1-122 165 DEX0450_023.aa.3 45 DEX0450_023.nt.3 6p24.3 242-571 166 DEX0450_023.orf.3 46 DEX0450_024.nt.1 16q22.1 142-561 167 DEX0450_024.aa.1 47 DEX0450_025.nt.1 1q21.3  1-222 168 DEX0450_025.aa.1 47 DEX0450_025.nt.1 1q21.3  2-217 169 DEX0450_025.orf.1 48 DEX0450_026.nt.1 12p13.33  1-966 170 DEX0450_026.aa.1 48 DEX0450_026.nt.1 12p13.33  3-962 171 DEX0450_026.orf.1 49 DEX0450_026.nt.2 12p13.33  1-966 DEX0450_026.aa.1 49 DEX0450_026.nt.2 12p13.33  3-962 172 DEX0450_026.orf.2 50 DEX0450_027.nt.1 1p13.3  541-2592 173 DEX0450_027.aa.1 51 DEX0450_027.nt.2 1p13.3  540-2595 DEX0450_027.aa.1 52 DEX0450_028.nt.1 2q35  152-1650 174 DEX0450_028.aa.1 52 DEX0450_028.nt.1 2q35  105-1325 175 DEX0450_028.orf.1 53 DEX0450_029.nt.1 1p13.3  46-141 176 DEX0450_029.aa.1 53 DEX0450_029.nt.1 1p13.3  960-1166 177 DEX0450_029.orf.1 54 DEX0450_030.nt.1 1q32.2  1-265 178 DEX0450_030.aa.1 54 DEX0450_030.nt.1 1q32.2  7-264 179 DEX0450_030.orf.1 55 DEX0450_031.nt.1 5q32  98-1313 180 DEX0450_031.aa.1 55 DEX0450_031.nt.1 5q32  196-1308 181 DEX0450_031.orf.1 56 DEX0450_031.nt.2 5q32  1-309 182 DEX0450_031.aa.2 56 DEX0450_031.nt.2 5q32 308-613 183 DEX0450_031.orf.2 57 DEX0450_032.nt.1 19p13.3  58-881 184 DEX0450_032.aa.1 57 DEX0450_032.nt.1 19p13.3 197-877 185 DEX0450_032.orf.1 58 DEX0450_032.nt.2 19p13.3  37-1396 186 DEX0450_032.aa.2 58 DEX0450_032.nt.2 19p13.3  481-1392 187 DEX0450_032.orf.2 59 DEX0450_032.nt.3 19p13.3  37-1858 188 DEX0450_032.aa.3 59 DEX0450_032.nt.3 19p13.3  481-1161 189 DEX0450_032.orf.3 60 DEX0450_032.nt.4 19p13.3  37-1336 190 DEX0450_032.aa.4 60 DEX0450_032.nt.4 19p13.3  481-1332 191 DEX0450_032.orf.4 61 DEX0450_032.nt.5 19p13.3  37-1396 DEX0450_032.aa.2 61 DEX0450_032.nt.5 19p13.3  481-1392 192 DEX0450_032.orf.5 62 DEX0450_032.nt.6 19p13.3  37-1396 DEX0450_032.aa.2 62 DEX0450_032.nt.6 19p13.3  481-1392 193 DEX0450_032.orf.6 63 DEX0450_032.nt.7 19p13.3  37-1396 DEX0450_032.aa.2 63 DEX0450_032.nt.7 19p13.3  481-1392 194 DEX0450_032.orf.7 64 DEX0450_033.nt.1 12q13.13  3-944 195 DEX0450_033.aa.1 64 DEX0450_033.nt.1 12q13.13  3-890 196 DEX0450_033.orf.1 65 DEX0450_033.nt.2 12q13.13  73-877 197 DEX0450_033.aa.2 65 DEX0450_033.nt.2 12q13.13   2-1363 198 DEX0450_033.orf.2 66 DEX0450_034.nt.1 12q13.13 362-673 199 DEX0450_034.aa.1 67 DEX0450_035.nt.1 1q44  76-2383 200 DEX0450_035.aa.1 67 DEX0450_035.nt.1 1q44   1-2379 201 DEX0450_035.orf.1 68 DEX0450_036.nt.1 13q13.3  413-1387 202 DEX0450_036.aa.1 69 DEX0450_037.nt.1 4q22.1  88-483 203 DEX0450_037.aa.1 69 DEX0450_037.nt.1 4q22.1 132-479 204 DEX0450_037.orf.1 70 DEX0450_038.nt.1 X; 116878557-116901416 560-752 205 DEX0450_038.aa.1 70 DEX0450_038.nt.1 X; 116878557-116901416 562-852 206 DEX0450_038.orf.1 71 DEX0450_039.nt.1 9p13.3 367-853 207 DEX0450_039.aa.1 71 DEX0450_039.nt.1 9p13.3  3-851 208 DEX0450_039.orf.1 72 DEX0450_039.nt.2 9p13.3 163-833 209 DEX0450_039.aa.2 72 DEX0450_039.nt.2 9p13.3  37-786 210 DEX0450_039.orf.2 73 DEX0450_039.nt.3 9p13.3  1-431 211 DEX0450_039.aa.3 73 DEX0450_039.nt.3 9p13.3  3-662 212 DEX0450_039.orf.3 74 DEX0450_039.nt.4 9p13.3 602-938 213 DEX0450_039.aa.4 74 DEX0450_039.nt.4 9p13.3 226-933 214 DEX0450_039.orf.4 75 DEX0450_039.nt.5 9p13.3 602-1233 215 DEX0450_039.aa.5 75 DEX0450_039.nt.5 9p13.3 226-1014 216 DEX0450_039.orf.5 76 DEX0450_039.nt.6 9p13.3 602-1055 217 DEX0450_039.aa.6 76 DEX0450_039.nt.6 9p13.3  226-1032 218 DEX0450_039.orf.6 77 DEX0450_040.nt.1 12q15  43-498 219 DEX0450_040.aa.1 78 DEX0450_041.nt.1 19q13.41  1-538 220 DEX0450_041.aa.1 78 DEX0450_041.nt.1 19q13.41 234-782 221 DEX0450_041.orf.1 79 DEX0450_042.nt.1 10q24.32  55-2283 222 DEX0450_042.aa.1 80 DEX0450_042.nt.2 10q24.32  1-867 223 DEX0450_042.aa.2 80 DEX0450_042.nt.2 10q24.32  69-863 224 DEX0450_042.orf.2 81 DEX0450_043.nt.1 2p15 2430-6261 225 DEX0450_043.aa.1 81 DEX0450_043.nt.1 2p15 4360-6255 226 DEX0450_043.orf.1 82 DEX0450_044.nt.1 X; 150551654-150555252  82-562 227 DEX0450_044.aa.1 83 DEX0450_044.nt.2 X; 150551654-150575564 1038-1976 228 DEX0450_044.aa.2 84 DEX0450_044.nt.3 X; 150551654-150575855  409-1311 229 DEX0450_044.aa.3 85 DEX0450_045.nt.1. 12q13.2  1-299 230 DEX0450_045.aa.1 85 DEX0450_045.nt.1 12q13.2  4-393 231 DEX0450_045.orf.1 86 DEX0450_046.nt.1 17q25.3  3-786 232 DEX0450_046.aa.1 86 DEX0450_046.nt.1 17q25.3  35-763 233 DEX0450_046.orf.1 87 DEX0450_047.nt.1 19p13.3  88-1375 234 DEX0450_047.aa.1 87 DEX0450_047.nt.1 19p13.3  487-1347 235 DEX0450_047.orf.1 88 DEX0450_048.nt.1 2p13.2  22-766 236 DEX0450_048.aa.1 88 DEX0450_048.nt.1 2p13.2 290-751 237 DEX0450_048.orf.1 89 DEX0450_049.nt.1 7q22.1 139-944 238 DEX0450_049.aa.1 89 DEX0450_049.nt.1 7q22.1 505-918 239 DEX0450_049.orf.1 90 DEX0450_050.nt.1 8q22.1 268-970 240 DEX0450_050.aa.1 90 DEX0450_050.nt.1 8q22.1  15-971 241 DEX0450_050.orf.1 91 DEX0450_051.nt.1 8p23.1  58-287 242 DEX0450_051.aa.1 91 DEX0450_051.nt.1 8p23.1  2-217 243 DEX0450_051.orf.1 92 DEX0450_051.nt.2 8p23.1  49-235 244 DEX0450_051.aa.2 92 DEX0450_051.nt.2 8p23.1  63-233 245 DEX0450_051.orf.2 93 DEX0450_052.nt.1 9q34.11  1-797 246 DEX0450_052.aa.1 93 DEX0450_052.nt.1 9q34.11 322-765 247 DEX0450_052.orf.1 94 DEX0450_053.nt.1 8q22.1 244-945 248 DEX0450_053.aa.1

The polypeptides of the present invention were analyzed and the following attributes were identified; specifically, epitopes, post translational modifications, signal peptides and transmembrane domains. Antigenicity (Epitope) prediction was performed through the antigenic module in the EMBOSS package. Rice, P., EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, Trends in Genetics 16(6): 276-277 (2000). The antigenic module predicts potentially antigenic regions of a protein sequence, using the method of Kolaskar and Tongaonkar. Kolaskar, AS and Tongaonkar, PC., A semi-empirical method for prediction of antigenic determinants on protein antigens, FEBS Letters 276: 172-174.(1990). Examples of post-translational modifications (PTMs) and other motifs of the CSPs of this invention are listed below. In addition, antibodies that specifically bind such post-translational modifications may be useful as a diagnostic or as therapeutic. The PTMs and other motifs were predicted by using the ProSite Dictionary of Proteins Sites and Patterns (Bairoch et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 25(1):217-221 (1997)), the following motifs, including PTMs, were predicted for the CSPs of the invention. The signal peptides were detected by using the SignalP 2.0, see Nielsen et al., Protein Engineering 12, 3-9 (1999). Prediction of transmembrane helices in proteins was performed by the application TMHMM 2.0, “currently the best performing transmembrane prediction program”, according to authors (Krogh et al., Journal of Molecular Biology, 305(3):567-580, (2001); Moller et al., Bioinformatics, 17(7):646-653, (2001); Sonnhammer, et al., A hidden Markov model for predicting transmembrane helices in protein sequences in Glasgow, et al. Ed. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, pages 175-182, Menlo Park, Calif., 1998. AAAI Press. The PSORT II program may also be used to predict cellular localizations. Horton et al., Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology 5: 147-152 (1997). The table below includes the following sequence annotations: Signal peptide presence; TM (number of membrane domain, topology in orientation and position); Amino acid location and antigenic index (location, AI score); PTM and other motifs (type, amino acid residue locations); and functional domains (type, amino acid residue locations). DEX ID Sig P TMHMM Antigenicity PTM Domains DEX0450_001.aa.1 N 0 - o1-211; 15-22, 1.083; 60-68, 1.134; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-120; MYRISTYL BCL2_FAMILY 78-179; BCL 78-177; 75-82, 1.087; 35-44, 1.142; 122-127; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 194-196; MYRISTYL 175-180; Bcl-2 78-177; BH3 74-88; BH1 118-136; 96-102, 1.087; 126-170, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 21-24; 1.185; 24-29, 1.034; 177-208, 1.233; 109-118, 1.058; 50-56, 1.081; DEX0450_001.orf.1 N 0 - o1-225; 145-181, 1.146; 119-134, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 109-112; MYRISTYL 1.143; 4-11, 1.088; 196-222, 186-191; MYRISTYL 116-121; MYRISTYL 1.177; 38-55, 1.213; 66-100, 9-14; MYRISTYL 144-149; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 1.17; 13-28, 1.055; 16-37; MYRISTYL 71-76; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 135-137; MYRISTYL 185-190; MYRISTYL 189-194; MYRISTYL 115-120; DEX0450_002.aa.1 N 0 - o1-284; 40-64, 1.145; 155-167, 1.188; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 16-18; BUTYPHLNCDUF 124-148; 255-264, 1.165; 188-213, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 11-14; B302 89-245; SPRY 139-264; 1.111; 81-92, 1.153; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 222-225; MYRISTYL PRY 86-138; SPRY 177-183, 1.094; 127-141, 167-172; MYRISTYL 9-14; 139-264; BUTYPHLNCDUF 1.201; 18-29, 1.144; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 66-68; 102-119; SPRY 139-264; 215-250, 1.119; 96-117, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 71-74; BUTYPHLNCDUF 85-102; 1.136; 143-149, 1.09; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; BUTYPHLNCDUF 154-167; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 224-226; BUTYPHLNCDUF 198-222; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 264-267; BUTYPHLNCDUF 229-247; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 40-43; MYRISTYL 251-256; DEX0450_002.orf.1 N 0 - o1-321; 10-17, 1.093; 292-301, 1.165; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 48-51; MYRISTYL BUTYPHLNCDUF 235-259; 133-154, 1.136; 55-66, 1.144; 46-51; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 108-111; BUTYPHLNCDUF 191-204; 164-178, 1.201; 180-186, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 103-105; SPRY 176-301; SPRY 176-301; 1.09; 252-287, 1.119; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-80; BUTYPHLNCDUF 122-139; 77-101, 1.145; 214-220, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 301-304; PRY 123-175; SPRY 1.094; 192-204, 1.188; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 261-263; 176-301; B302 126-282, 118-129, 1.153; 38-44, 1.108; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 98-100; BUTYPHLNCDUF 266-284; 225-250, 1.111; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 259-262; MYRISTYL BUTYPHLNCDUF 161-185; 204-209; MYRISTYL 288-293; BUTYPHLNCDUF 139-156; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 53-55; DEX0450_003.aa.1 N 0 - o1-50; 4-18, 1.11; 25-37, 1.098; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 33-36; MYRISTYL 31-36; DEX0450_003.orf.1 N 0 —i1-121; 98-109, 1.178; 48-66, 1.112; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-95; MYRISTYL 41-46; 13-21, 1.088; 71-76, 1.06; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 57-59; 34-40, 1.121; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-3; MYRISTYL 109-114; MYRISTYL 88-93; DEX0450_003.aa.2 N 0 - o1-386; 331-341, 1.115; 184-194, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 39-42; MYRISTYL 56-61; GRAM 91-158; GRAM 91-158; 1.16; 196-203, 1.072; MYRISTYL 218-223; 95-101, 1.075; 79-85, 1.049; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 271-273; 160-173, 1.091; 14-30, 1.129; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 348-351; 103-136, 1.177; 367-378, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 323-326; 1.132; 308-317, 1.104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-207; 145-156, 1.141; 230-237, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 224-227; 1.162; 206-222, 1.204; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 173-175; 245-254, 1.139; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-243; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 159-161; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 353-356; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 352-355; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 369-371; MYRISTYL 52-57; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 301-304; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 377-379; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 8-10; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 285-288; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-244; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 279-282; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 85-87; MYRISTYL 44-49; MYRISTYL 360-365; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 171-174; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-208; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-20; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 47-50; MYRISTYL 270-275; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 225-228; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 72-74; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 49-51; DEX0450_003.aa.3 Y 0 - o1-190; 64-69, 1.081; 124-145, 1.097; AMIDATION 48-51; MYRISTYL 90-95; 101-121, 1.19; 73-86, 1.112; MYRISTYL 62-67; MYRISTYL 93-98; 174-187, 1.132; 5-46, 1.185; MYRISTYL 84-89; MYRISTYL 138-143; 151-164, 1.142; MYRISTYL 74-79; MYRISTYL 148-153; DEX0450_003.orf.3 N 0 - o1-442; 77-93, 1.129; 421-439, 1.215; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 304-307; GRAM 154-221; GRAM 154-221; 142-148, 1.049; 247-257, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 386-389; 1.16; 371-380, 1.104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 304-306; MYRISTYL 27-56, 1.19; 394-404, 1.115; 115-120; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 135-137; 293-300, 1.162; 208-219, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 222-224; 1.141; 308-317, 1.139; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 415-418; MYRISTYL 158-164, 1.075; 7-15, 1.105; 333-338; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 287-290; 269-285, 1.204; 166-199, MYRISTYL 281-286; MYRISTYL 107-112; 1.177; 223-236, 1.091; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 236-238; MYRISTYL 259-266, 1.072; 422-427; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 288-291; MYRISTYL 16-21; MYRISTYL 32-37; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 112-114; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 71-73; MYRISTYL 18-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 148-150; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 342-345; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 348-351; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 234-237; MYRISTYL 20-25; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 268-270; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 416-419; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 268-271; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-66; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 102-105; MYRISTYL 119-124; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-83; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 364-367; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 334-336; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-113; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 411-414; DEX0450_004.aa.1 Y 0 - o1-99; 23-28, 1.163; 49-56, 1.063; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 86-89; KAZALINHBTR 70-81; 5-13, 1.148; 58-69, 1.138; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 41-44; KAZALINHBTR 59-69; 89-96, 1.075; 76-83, 1.179; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; AMIDATION KAZAL 51-99; KAZAL 59-81; 14-17; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 16-19; kazal 52-99; MYRISTYL 39-44; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-7; MYRISTYL 68-73; DEX0450_005.aa.1 N 0 - o1-106; 35-56, 1.126; 12-29, 1.12; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 30-33; MYRISTYL 60-65; 80-90, 1.106; 64-72, 1.12; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-94; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 21-23; DEX0450_005.orf.1 N 0 - o1-93; MICROBODIES_CTER 91-93; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 21-23; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 30-33; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-93; MYRISTYL 60-65; DEX0450_006.aa.1 Y 1 - o1-14; 92-97, 1.054; 7-25, 1.14; 27-40, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 47-49; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_4 1-49; tm15-37; 1.171; 48-55, 1.118; 74-81, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 87-89; i38-100; 1.098; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-47; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 84-87; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 97-100; DEX0450_007.orf.1 N 0 - o1-558; 91-114, 1.127; 18-44, 1.263; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-32; GPCRMGR 144-163; 548-555, 1.106; 478-491, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 307-309; ANF_receptor 126-551; 1.112; 357-364, 1.054; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 439-442; AMIDATION GPCRMGR 100-112; 169-183, 1.137; 186-191, 61-64; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; ANF_receptor 126-551; 1.104; 516-543, 1.208; MYRISTYL 118-123; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE GPCRMGR 275-292; 130-141, 1.094; 345-351, 6-8; MYRISTYL 47-52; ANF_receptor 126-551; 1.048; 458-475, 1.157; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 442-445; GPCRMGR 129-144; 332-338, 1.065; 65-82, 1.224; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 287-290; MYRISTYL G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 289-294, 1.066; 499-506, 425-430; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 433-436; 219-237; 1.108; 118-124, 1.109; MYRISTYL 301-306; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 299-309, 1.15; 438-444, 355-358; AMIDATION 431-434; MYRISTYL 219-237; MTABOTROPICR 1.065; 249-270, 1.144; 206-211; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 391-394; 302-313; MTABOTROPICR 372-379, 1.122; 383-392, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 236-239; 319-331; 1.107; 204-239, 1.119; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 152-155; G-PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 272-278, 1.113; 147-163, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 492-495; 219-237; 1.121; 49-63, 1.121; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-77; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-11; MYRISTYL 209-214; 219-237; MTABOTROPICR PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 32-34; 454-465; ANF_receptor PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 556-558; MYRISTYL 126-551; ANF_receptor 510-515; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 199-202; 126-551; ANF_receptor PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 96-98; 126-551; GPCRMGR 259-275; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 451-454; MYRISTYL MTABOTROPICR 384-399; 514-519; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 244-247; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 446-453; 219-237; GPCRMGR 240-259; GPCRMGR 207-233; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 219-237; DEX0450_007.aa.1 Y 0 - o1-501; 112-126, 1.137; 61-67, 1.109; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 394-397; MTABOTROPICR 327-342; 381-387, 1.065; 442-449, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 499-501; MTABOTROPICR 245-256; 1.108; 34-57, 1.127; 8-25, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 250-252; AMIDATION MTABOTROPICR 262-274; 1.224; 459-486, 1.208; 4-7; MYRISTYL 244-249; MTABOTROPICR 397-408; 90-106, 1.121; 300-307, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 334-337; GPCRMGR 43-55; GPCRMGR 1.054; 421-434, 1.112; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 142-145; 218-235; GPCRMGR 150-176; 275-281, 1.065; 147-182, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 389-396; GPCRMGR 183-202; 1.119; 192-213, 1.144; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 187-190; GPCRMGR 87-106; GPCRMGR 288-294, 1.048; 215-221, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 385-388; MYRISTYL 202-218; GPCRMGR 72-87; 1.113; 491-498, 1.106; 457-462; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 95-98; ANF_receptor 69-494; 326-335, 1.107; 129-134, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 435-438; AMIDATION G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 1.104; 315-322, 1.122; 374-377; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 230-233; 162-180; 242-252, 1.15; 73-84, 1.094; MYRISTYL 149-154; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 232-237, 1.066; 401-418, 18-20; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 382-385; 1.157; MYRISTYL 61-66; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 179-182; MYRISTYL 453-458; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 376-379; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 39-41; MYRISTYL 152-157; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 298-301; MYRISTYL 368-373; DEX0450_007.orf.2 N 0 - o1-338; 169-183, 1.137; 118-124, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; MYRISTYL G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 1.109; 186-191, 1.104; 206-211; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 32-34; 219-237; GPCRMGR 240-259; 130-141, 1.094; 301-335, MYRISTYL 118-123; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 1.251; 272-278, 1.113; 96-98; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-32; 219-237; 18-44, 1.263; 49-63, 1.121; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 244-247; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 249-270, 1.144; 65-82, 1.224; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 6-8; 219-237; 147-163, 1.121; 204-239, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-11; MYRISTYL 209-214; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 1.119; 289-294, 1.066; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 236-239; 219-237; GPCRMGR 275-292; 91-114, 1.127; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 199-202; GPCRMGR 207-233; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 152-155; GPCRMGR 259-275; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 287-290; MYRISTYL GPCRMGR 129-144; 306-311; MYRISTYL 47-52; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-77; AMIDATION GPCRMGR 100-112; 61-64; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 219-237; G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 219-237; GPCRMGR 144-163; DEX0450_007.aa.2 Y 0 - o1-281; 90-106, 1.121; 73-84, 1.094; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 95-98; MYRISTYL G_PROTEIN_RECEP_F3_1 112-126, 1.137; 34-57, 1.127; 61-66; MYRISTYL 249-254; 162-180; GPCRMGR 87-106; 129-134, 1.104; 192-213, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 142-145; GPCRMGR 43-55; 1.144; 232-237, 1.066; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 179-182; AMIDATION GPCRMGR 72-87; GPCRMGR 8-25, 1.224; 147-182, 1.119; 4-7; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 187-190; 218-235; GPCRMGR 202-218; 215-221, 1.113; 244-278, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 39-41; MYRISTYL GPCRMGR 150-176; 1.251; 61-67, 1.109; 149-154; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-20; GPCRMGR 183-202; MYRISTYL 152-157; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 230-233; DEX0450_008.aa.1 N 0 - o1-433; 12-29, 1.113; 239-245, 1.086; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 165-167; MASPIN 180-195; SERPIN 342-355, 1.105; 391-403, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 143-145; 86-433; MASPIN 201-215; 1.094; 81-98, 1.189; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 30-32; MASPIN 251-264; MASPIN 216-227, 1.154; 424-430, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 419-422; MYRISTYL 319-331; MASPIN 387-405; 1.092; 269-278, 1.116; 364-369; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 193-196; SERPIN 406-416; 42-54, 1.192; 409-417, 1.125; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 100-102; serpin 80-433; MASPIN 171-177, 1.04; 111-162, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 191-194; MYRISTYL 342-360; 1.158; 285-293, 1.128; 370-375; MYRISTYL 188-193; 101-108, 1.081; 369-384, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 299-302; 1.231; 326-335, 1.103; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 210-213; 61-67, 1.046; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 246-249; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 166-168; MYRISTYL 265-270; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 9-12; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-80; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 157-160; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 39-41; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 193-195; DEX0450_009.aa.1 N 1 - o1-393; 355-374, 1.115; 341-353, MYRISTYL 244-249; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE tm394-416; 1.232; 391-422, 1.231; 678-680; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 578-580; i417-705; 18-34, 1.218; 117-134, 1.11; MYRISTYL 530-535; MYRISTYL 467-472; 81-104, 1.19; 37-50, 1.233; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 95-97; 500-511, 1.095; 607-617, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 169-171; 1.17; 622-644, 1.18; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 108-111; 518-547, 1.166; 551-579, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 385-388; MYRISTYL 1.243; 158-190, 1.213; 468-473; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 302-305; 54-72, 1.198; 139-147, 1.061; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 495-497; MYRISTYL 306-319, 1.186; 247-270, 306-311; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 6-9; 1.13; 667-702, 1.182; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 11-13; 192-204, 1.118; 276-299, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 372-374; 1.146; 455-463, 1.17; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 599-601; MYRISTYL 588-598, 1.073; 233-239, 583-588; MYRISTYL 565-570; 1.076; 425-444, 1.136; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 644-646; MYRISTYL 207-221, 1.189; 485-491, 572-577; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 680-687; 1.077; 378-389, 1.136; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 289-291; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 256-258; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 648-654; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 360-363; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 323-325; MYRISTYL 213-218; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 638-641; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 510-512; MYRISTYL 520-525; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 603-606; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 482-484; MYRISTYL 694-699; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 640-643; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 107-109; DEX0450_009.orf.1 N 5 - o1-30; 4-20, 1.213; 182-198, 1.119; MYRISTYL 32-37; MYRISTYL 121-126; DUF6 41-173; tm31-50; 65-87, 1.16; 31-37, 1.082; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 22-24; MYRISTYL i51-61; 95-107, 1.223; 39-51, 1.222; 107-112; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 87-90; tm62-84; 209-222, 1.106; 148-177, MYRISTYL 110-115; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE o85-98; 1.21; 109-146, 1.134; 220-223; tm99-121; i122-122; tm123-145; o146-154; tm155-177; i178-226; DEX0450_009.aa.2 N 10 —i1-68; 406-443, 1.134; 217-235, MYRISTYL 404-409; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE DUF6 338-470; tm69-86; 1.075; 29-40, 1.053; 505-507; MYRISTYL 407-412; o87-100; 479-495, 1.119; 146-151, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 319-321; tm101-120; 1.087; 445-474, 1.21; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 188-190; i121-239; 71-96, 1.26; 515-526, 1.172; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-177; tm240-262; 42-53, 1.213; 135-141, 1.058; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 255-258; MYRISTYL o263-266; 544-563, 1.229; 392-404, 537-542; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 159-162; tm267-289; 1.223; 109-121, 1.18; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 384-387; i290-295; 528-536, 1.067; 12-27, 1.114; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 26-28; tm296-318; 191-197, 1.025; 328-334, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 257-260; o319-327; 1.082; 202-214, 1.108; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 64-66; tm328-347; 161-176, 1.18; 237-261, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-184; i348-358; 1.173; 336-348, 1.222, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 157-160; MYRISTYL tm359-381; 264-290, 1.179; 500-513, 418-423; MYRISTYL 329-334; MYRISTYL o382-395; 1.117; 362-384, 1.16; 14-19; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 185-187; tm396-418; 298-317, 1.213; i419-419; tm420-442; o443-451; tm452-474; i475-570; DEX0450_010.aa.1 N 0 - o1-135; 119-132, 1.08; 82-97, 1.201; AMIDATION 124-127; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 100-106, 1.044; 68-79, 1.102; 25-28; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 107-110; 30-56, 1.184; MYRISTYL 82-87; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-65; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 115-118; DEX0450_010.aa.2 N 0 - o1-82; 67-79, 1.28; 56-65, 1.103; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-10; 21-31, 1.209; 8-19, 1.146; 44-54, 1.222; DEX0450_010.orf.2 N 0 - o1-146; 69-95, 1.184; 107-118, 1.102; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 102-104; MYRISTYL 121-136, 1.201; 8-20, 1.101; 121-126; MYRISTYL 7-12; MYRISTYL 19-24; 27-39, 1.162; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 64-67; DEX0450_010.aa.3 N 0 - o1-614; 39-53, 1.134; 343-355, 1.139; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 153-156; Rhodanese 458-566; RHOD 605-611, 1.097; 432-442, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 389-392; 455-569; RHODANESE_3 1.137; 445-450, 1.068; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 384-387; MYRISTYL 465-572; MPIPHPHTASE 85-93, 1.063; 130-140, 1.059; 102-107; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 53-56; 588-606; MPIPHPHTASE 401-414, 1.106; 543-558, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-66; 571-588; MPIPHPHTASE 1.125; 169-183, 1.109; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 142-145; 431-448; MPIPHPHTASE 300-312, 1.176; 287-292, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 142-144; 471-491; MPIPHPHTASE 1.051; 357-370, 1.15; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 603-606; MYRISTYL 513-533; MPIPHPHTASE 316-322, 1.026; 452-460, 270-275; AMIDATION 61-64; MYRISTYL 543-564; MPIPHPHTASE 1.094; 17-25, 1.055; 69-74; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-8; 449-469; 223-240, 1.138; 117-124, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 285-287; MYRISTYL 1.081; 498-524, 1.221; 98-103; MYRISTYL 267-272; 154-162, 1.105; 194-219, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 590-592; MYRISTYL 1.141; 562-574, 1.075; 71-76; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-78; 463-479, 1.176; 486-492, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 442-448; MYRISTYL 1.099; 101-115, 1.085; 103-108; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 76-79; 326-335, 1.168; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 603-605; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 182-185; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 314-317; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 525-527; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 188-191; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 459-461; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 239-242; DEX0450_010.orf.3 N 0 - o1-413; 200-213, 1.106; 361-373, MYRISTYL 66-71; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE MPIPHPHTASE 312-332; 1.075; 142-154, 1.139; 241-247; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 324-326; MPIPHPHTASE 387-405; 156-169, 1.15; 285-291, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 258-260; MPIPHPHTASE 370-387; 1.099; 297-323, 1.221; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 389-391; MPIPHPHTASE 342-363; 99-111, 1.176; 244-249, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 84-86; MYRISTYL 69-74; MPIPHPHTASE 270-290; 1.068; 404-410, 1.097; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 402-405; Rhodanese 257-365; 29-39, 1.138; 262-278, 1.176; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 183-186; MPIPHPHTASE 230-247; 231-241, 1.137; 86-91.1.051; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-41; MPIPHPHTASE 248-268; 4-19, 1.118; 251-259, 1.094; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 113-116; RHOD 254-368; 342-357, 1.125; 115-121, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 188-191; RHODANESE_3 264-371; 1.026; 125-134, 1.168; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 402-404; DEX0450_011.aa.1 N 0 - o1-331; 5-21, 1.1; 323-328, 1.063; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 42-45; PH 5-106; PH 5-104; DEP 193-199, 1.131; 68-75, 1.118; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 284-287; MYRISTYL 139-225; PH_DOMAIN_2 215-226, 1.064; 236-257, 55-60; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 78-81; 247-331; DEP 139-225; 1.142; 267-283, 1.128; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 232-235; PH_DOMAIN_1 4-104; PH 297-304, 1.121; 25-38, 1.149; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 154-156; MYRISTYL 248-330; DEP 139-225; 160-168, 1.125; 108-118, 101-106; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 222-225; 1.147; 311-320, 1.098; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 232-234; 122-135, 1.132; 175-186, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 88-91; 1.11; 81-87, 1.12; 49-65, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 240-243; 1.181; 99-106, 1.048; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 311-313; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; MYRISTYL 298-303; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 226-228; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 163-166; MYRISTYL 202-207; MYRISTYL 308-313; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 120-122; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 176-179; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 295-297; AMIDATION 40-43; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 229-232; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 302-305; DEX0450_012.aa.1 N 0 - o1-176; 101-112, 1.097; 117-142, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 7-158; 1.156; 48-76, 1.092; 82-98, 148-153; MYRISTYL 9-14; PROTEASOME_B 12-59; 1.105; 17-23, 1.144; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-155; proteasome 5-174; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 141-144; DEX0450_012.aa.2 N 0 - o1-158; 117-142, 1.156; 48-76, 1.092; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 141-144; PROTEASOME_B 12-59; 17-23, 1.44; 82-98, 1.105; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 7-141; 101-112, 1.097; 19-14; proteasome 5-153; DEX0450_013.aa.1 N 0 - o1-246; 47-63, 1.144; 201-224, 1.153; MYRISTYL 239-244; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE Tryp_SPc 20-214; 113-142, 1.174; 4-22, 1.33; 47-49; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 83-85; trypsin 9-214; 174-189, 1.118; 153-159, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 62-65; MYRISTYL CHYMOTRYPSIN 164-176; 1.123; 65-107, 1.225; 202-207; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 190-193; TRYPSIN_SER 165-176; 27-38, 1.2; 165-170, 1.05; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 212-215; MYRISTYL CHYMOTRYPSIN 66-80; 41-46; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 111-114; TRYPSIN_DOM 31-219; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 62-64; DEX0450_014.aa.1 N 0 - o1-273; 25-54, 1.089; 83-94, 1.124; MYRISTYL 141-146; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE PRICHEXTENSN 39-55; 146-156, 1.098; 227-235, 167-169; MYRISTYL 127-132; PRICHEXTENSN 72-84; 1.055; 68-75, 1.096; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 56-58; MYRISTYL PRO_RICH 23-117; 197-208, 1.088; 259-267, 166-171; MYRISTYL 114-119; PRICHEXTENSN 171-188; 1.184; 114-125, 1.067; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 101-104; 173-179, 1.088; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 251-253; MYRISTYL 244-249; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 19-22; MYRISTYL 213-218; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 21-24; MYRISTYL 209-214; MYRISTYL 11-16; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 240-242; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 15-17; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 269-272; MYRISTYL 161-166; DEX0450_014.orf.1 N 0 - o1-278; 178-184, 1.088; 151-161, MYRISTYL 171-176; MYRISTYL 166-171; PRICHEXTENSN 176-193; 1.098; 264-272, 1.184; MYRISTYL 249-254; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE PRICHEXTENSN 44-60; 202-213, 1.088; 119-130, 256-258; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-22; PRO_RICH 28-122; 1.067; 88-99, 1.124; 73-80, MYRISTYL 132_137; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION PRICHEXTENSN 77-89; 1.096; 4-9, 1.097; 232-240, 106-109; MYRISTYL 119-124; 1.055; 30-59, 1.089; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 172-174; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 24-27; MYRISTYL 218-223; MYRISTYL 16-21; MYRISTYL 146-151; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 26-29; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; MYRISTYL 214-219; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 274-277; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 245-247; DEX0450_015.aa.1 N 0 - o1-2306; 105-119, 1.087; 1545-1561, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1853-1856; MYRISTYL CPSASE 554-556; MGS 1.111; 1820-1826, 197-202; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1480-1482; 1315-1428; Amidohydro_1 1.106; 995-1002, 1.103; AMIDATION 1644-1647; 1462-1695; CPSASE 434-444; 609-616, 1.164; 1181-1198, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1727-1730; GATase 179-356; 1.154; 746-765, 1.113; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 166-168; OTCace 2151-2303; 2079-2085, 1.046; 470-476, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1772-1775; CPSase_L_D3 798-921; 1.09; 4-15, 1.104; 346-357, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2212-2215; CPSase_L_D2 1047-1268; 1.136; 1296-1303, 1.105; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2235_2238; AOTCASE 2050-2069; 545-563, 1.195; 2018-2027, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1747-1750; ANTSNTHASEII 332-345; 1.111; 1247-1253, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1954-1956; MYRISTYL AOTCASE 2268-2291; 1.094; 1663-1708, 250-255; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 806-808; CPSase_L_D2 514-745; 1.207; 809-830, 1.186; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1913-1916; MYRISTYL CPSGATASE 289-300; 1639-1645, 1.106; 2165-2191, 2149-2154; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2087-2090; PRO_RICH 1883-1997; 1.211; 1928-1937, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1458-1460; CPSGATASE 264-281; 1.088; 1255-1281, 1.2; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 830-833; CPSase_L_chain 392-512; 387-407, 1.129; 1389-1395, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 595-602; AOTCASE 2133-2144; 1.108; 1327-1349, 1.14; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1863-1865; MYRISTYL CPSase_L_chain 931-1045; 2135-2142, 1.098; 2089-2125, 284-289; MYRISTYL 2153-2158; AOTCASE 2258-2267; 1.236; 855-872, 1.134; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 798-801; CPSaseII_lrg 388-1440; 1200-1207, 1.085; 156-169, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1953-1955; CPSGATASE 214-228; 1.156; 2295-2303, 1.167; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 163-165; CPSASE_2 1212-1219; 2270-2277, 1.094; 1789-1799, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1829-1832; CPSaseIIsmall 2-359; 1.167; 1497-1503, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1606-1608; CPSGATASE 247-263; 1.089; 1861-1885; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 1333-1340; MYRISTYL ANTSNTHASEII 247-258; 1.168; 874-910, 1.171; 471-476; MYRISTYL 18-23; CPSASE_1 550-564; 324-340, 1.129; 176-197, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1331-1333; GATASE_TYPE_I 247-258; 1.161; 70-76, 1.077; MICROBODIES_CTER 2304-2306; DIHYDROOROTASE_2 1765-1776; 1371-1384, 1.085; 1354-1365, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 504-507; MYRISTYL CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE 1.132; 1565-1575, 14-19; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1294-1297; 2050-2057; CPSASE_1 1.145; 1313-1320, MYRISTYL 1550-1555; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1083-1097; ATCASE 2040-2062; 1.087; 1895-1906, 1415-1417; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1324-1327; DIHYDROOROTASE_1 1.129; 415-423, 1.07; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1396-1398; 1469-1477; CPSASE_2 1010-1016, 1.084; 688-721, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 141-144; MYRISTYL 680-687; ATCASE 2078-2087; 1.164; 526-532, 1.078; 142-147; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 761-764; ATCASE 2262-2267; 245-265, 1.175; 199-212, MYRISTYL 184-189; MYRISTYL 1658-1663; OTCace_N 2005-2148; 1.148; 1406-1412, 1.084; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 804-807; ATCASE 2132-2149; 214-220, 1.07; 1458-1475, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 369-372; MYRISTYL ATCASE 2223-2232; 1.178; 226-242, 1.154; 1659-1664; MYRISTYL 1681-1686; GATASE 247-258; CPSASE 296-312, 1.048; 1760-1772, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 569-572; 761-779; 1.147; 777-782, 1.049; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1379-1382; MYRISTYL CPSase_sm_chain 1-151; 729-743, 1.229; 1955-1960, 1924-1929; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1805-1808; CPSASE 623-640; CPSASE 1.056; 629-638, 1.153; MYRISTYL 1964-1969; 680-709; ANTSNTHASEII 1828-1836, 1.115; 437-444, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1480-1483; MYRISTYL 217-226; GATASE 217-226; 1.065; 1941-1947, 1.028; 1144-1149; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1037-1040; GATASE 332-345; 446-463, 1.158; 645-672, MYRISTYL 1712-1717; CPSASE 405-419; ATCASE 1.152; 1051-1058, 1.071; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1360-1363; 2284-2298; CPSASE 588-607; 2281-2286, 1.047; 2069-2076, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 639-642; asp_carb_tr 2005-2304; 1.101; 1843-1850, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 285-287; CPSGATASE 178-192; 1.045; 1509-1537, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2143-2145; MYRISTYL 1.146; 1582-1618, 132-137; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 266-268; 1.229; 1209-1241, 1.18; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 872-874; MYRISTYL 1108-1130, 1.158; 429-435, 485-490; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2189-2191; 1.072; 1157-1171, 1.092; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1560-1563; 2239-2251, 1.126; 33-60, MYRISTYL 477-482; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.181; 481-505, 1.141; 356-359; MYRISTYL 625-630; MYRISTYL 2060-2066, 1.046; 79-98, 1010-1015; MYRISTYL 1017-1022; 1.233; 17-31, 1.094; MYRISTYL 2070-2075; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1134-1155, 1.18; 376-384, 344-347; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2195-2197; 1.126; 1074-1095, 1.237; MYRISTYL 724-729; MYRISTYL 767-772; 1988-2013, 1.188; 1488-1495, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1069-1072; 1.049; 1968-1980, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2181-2183; 1.173; 601-607, 1.093; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-46; MYRISTYL 2219-2226, 1.084; 131-141, 1095-1100; MYRISTYL 895-900; 1.136; 574-593, 1.155; MYRISTYL 610-615; MYRISTYL 1546-1551; 2195-2203, 1.124; 1026-1038, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 1403-1406; 1.117; 1419-1456, 1.19; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1394-1397; 843-852, 1.129; 1620-1635, MYRISTYL 564-569; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.267; 676-686, 1.125; 771-774; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1103-1106; 931-962, 1.192; 1710-1729; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1284-1287; 1.179; 2038-2045, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2074-2077; 1.055; 277-292, 1.178; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 369-371; MYRISTYL 785-797, 1.112; 2259-2267, 1320-1325; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 981-984; 1.093; 146-152, 1.106; MYRISTYL 562-567; AMIDATION 1401-1404; 1806-1816, 1.121; 914-921, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 947-950; 1.112; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1175-1177; MYRISTYL 80-85; MYRISTYL 1543-1548; MYRISTYL 1488-1493; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 924-927; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 752-754; MYRISTYL 1356-1361; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1321-1323; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 375-377; MYRISTYL 322-327; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1562-1565; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2054-2056; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 125-127; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1073-1075; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 2286-2293; MYRISTYL 1159-1164; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 929-931; MYRISTYL 216-221; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 793-795; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2205-2208; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 569-571; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2027-2029; MYRISTYL 363-368; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 593-595; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 356-358; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 103-106; MYRISTYL 318-323; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2143-2146; MYRISTYL 1279-1284; MYRISTYL 1251-1256; MYRISTYL 561-566; MYRISTYL 403-408; DEX0450_015.orf.1 N 0 - o1-1651; 793-805, 1.112; 78-84, 1.077; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1402-1405; CPSASE 596-615; 1018-1024, 1.084; 384-392, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 760-762; MYRISTYL CPSGATASE 272-289; 1.126; 534-540, 1.078; 192-197; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 364-366; GATASE 255-266; 1628-1643, 1.267; 164-177, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1568-1571; CPSase_L_D3 806-929; 1.156; 617-624, 1.164; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1488-1491; MYRISTYL CPSASE 769-787; CPSASE 1321-1328, 1.087; 1255-1261, 618-623; MYRISTYL 572-577; 442-452; GATASE_TYPE_I 1.094; 922-929, 1.112; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 801-803; MYRISTYL 255-266; GATASE 225-234; 4-23, 1.129; 1263-1289, 1.2; 26-31; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1387-1390; MGS 1323-1436; 437-443, 1.072; 851-860, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 880-882; GATase 187-364; GATASE 1.129; 737-751, 1.229; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 512-515; 340-353; CPSase_L_chain 817-838, 1.186; 1590-1626, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1570-1573; MYRISTYL 400-520; CPSASE_1 1091-1105; 1.229; 882-918, 1.171; 1496-1501; MYRISTYL 150-155; 1105; CPSASE_1 558-572; 1496-1503, 1.049; 684-694, MYRISTYL 371-376; MYRISTYL 292-297; CPSASE 562-574; 1.125; 395-415, 1.129; MYRISTYL 330-335; MYRISTYL 633-638; DIHYDROOROTASE_1 1477-1485; 454-471, 1.158; 184-205, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 352-355; MYRISTYL CPSASE 688-717; 1.161; 304-320, 1.048; 140-145; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 149-152; CPSASE 631-648; 785-790, 1.049; 207-220, MYRISTYL 485-490; MYRISTYL 1558-1563; ANTSNTHASEII 225-234; 1.148; 87-106, 1.233; MYRISTYL 1554-1559; CPSaseIIsmall 10-367; 253-273, 1.175; 609-615, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 293-295; CPSase_L_D2 1055-1276; 1.093; 754-773, 1.113; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1045-1048; MYRISTYL CPSaseII_lrg 396-1448; 696-729, 1.164; 1573-1583, 1551-1556; MYRISTYL 569-574; CPSase_L_chain 939-1053; 1.145; 1116-1138, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 989-992; MYRISTYL CPSase_L_D2 522-753; 1.158; 1034-1046, 88-93; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1332-1335; ANTSNTHASEII 340-353; 1.117; 234-250, 1.154; MYRISTYL 493-498; MYRISTYL 1025-1030; CPSASE 2 1220-1227; 637-646, 1.153; 139-149, MYRISTYL 22-27; CPSase_sm_chain 1.136; 582-601, 1.155; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 171-173; 8-159; ANTSNTHASEII 553-571, 1.195; 332-348, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 174-176; 255-266; CPSASE_2 688-695; 1.129; 1362-1373, 1.132; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 52-54; CPSGATASE 222-236; 653-680, 1.152; 1189-1206, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 603-610; CPSGATASE 255-271; 1.154; 354-365, 1.136; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 1341-1348; CPSGATASE 186-200; 1059-1066, 1.071; 1427-1464, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 955-958; CPSGATASE 297-308; 1.19; 1517-1545, 1.146; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 274-276; CPSASE 413-427; 863-880, 1.134; 1466-1483, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1302-1305; 1.178; 1397-1403, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 133-135; 1.108; 939-970, 1.192; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1292-1295; 25-39, 1.094; 1553-1569, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1111-1114; 1.111; 1379-1392, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 932-935; 1.085; 285-300, 1.178; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-34; 1082-1103, 1.237; 41-68, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 937-939; 1.181; 1208-1215, 1.085; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1614-1616; 1003-1010, 1.103; 489-513, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1423-1425; 1.141; 113-127, 1.087; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1077-1080; MYRISTYL 478-484, 1.09; 1304-1311, 1259-1264; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1329-1331; 1.105; 445-452, 1.065; MYRISTYL 1287-1292; MYRISTYL 154-160, 1.106; 1414-1420, 1328-1333; MYRISTYL 479-484; 1.084; 1165-1179, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1183-1185; MYRISTYL 1.092; 222-228, 1.07; 1167-1172; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 806-809; 423-431, 1.07; 1142-1163, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1081-1083; 1.18; 1335-1357, 1.14; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1488-1490; 1505-1511, 1.089; 1217-1249, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 111-114; 1.18; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 779-782; AMIDATION 1409-1412; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 377-380; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 1411-1414; MYRISTYL 258-263; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1368-1371; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1404-1406; MYRISTYL 205-210; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1466-1468; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 383-385; MYRISTYL 732-737; MYRISTYL 224-229; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 577-580; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 377-379; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 364-367; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 812-815; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1339-1341; MYRISTYL 411-416; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 838-841; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 577-579; MYRISTYL 775-780; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 647-650; MYRISTYL 1103-1108; MYRISTYL 1018-1023; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 814-816; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 769-772; MYRISTYL 1152-1157; MYRISTYL 1364-1369; MYRISTYL 570-575; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 601-603; MYRISTYL 903-908; MYRISTYL 326-331; DEX0450_015.aa.2 N 0 - o1-2242; 1209-1241, 1.18; 1679-1691, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 798-801; DIHYDROOROTASE_1 1469-1477; 1.147; 1181-1198, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 830-833; MYRISTYL ATCASE 2220-2234; 1.154; 437-444, 1.065; 1543-1548; MICROBODIES_CTER 2240-2242; GATASE_TYPE_I 247-258; 33-60, 1.181; 574-593, 1.155; MYRISTYL 1488-1493; ATCASE 2198-2203; 2131-2139, 1.124; 245-265, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 924-927; CPSase_L_chain 931-1045; 1.175; 809-830, 1.186; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1480-1482; ANTSNTHASEII 247-258; 70-76, 1.077; 199-212, 1.148; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 163-165; CPSASE_1 550-564; 1974-1981, 1.055; 2071-2078, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 639-642; MYRISTYL CPSASE 554-566; CPSASE 1.098; 645-672, 1.152; 2089-2094; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 569-572; 434-444; CPSASE 623-640; 629-638, 1.153; 1134-1155, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 266-268; CPSase_L_D2 1047-1268; 1.18; 214-220, 1.07; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1832-1835; MYRISTYL CPSase_L_D2 514-745; 481-505, 1.141; 1780-1804, 284-289; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 369-372; AOTCASE 1986-2005; 1.168; 1725-1735, MYRISTYL 1356-1361; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE CPSASE 588-607; AOTCASE 1.121; 874-910, 1.171; 771-774; MYRISTYL 2085-2090; 2204-2227; AOTCASE 1565-1575, 1.145; 156-169, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 166-168; 2194-2203; AOTCASE 1.156; 446-463, 1.158; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1772-1775; 2069-2080; GATase 179-356; 526-532, 1.078; 1904-1916, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 761-764; CPSase_L_chain 1.173; 1488-1495, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1990-1992; 392-512; MGS 1315-1428; 1.049; 470-476, 1.09; AMIDATION 1401-1404; CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE 688-721, 1.164; 429-435, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2010-2013; 1986-1993; Amidohydro_1 1.072; 1010-1016, 1.084; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1458-1460; 1462-1694; 176-197, 1.161; 1924-1949, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1963-1965; DIHYDROOROTASE_2 1684-1695; 1.188; 2217-2222, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2023-2026; GATASE 217-226; 1.047; 2005-2012, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2079-2081; CPSase_L_D3 798-921; 1.101; 676-686, 1.125; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1562-1565; MYRISTYL GATASE 247-258; CPSASE 415-423, 1.07; 1074-1095, 1900-1905; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1480-1483; 680-709; 1.237; 2231-2239, MYRISTYL 322-327; MYRISTYL CPSase_sm_chain 1-151; 1.167; 1762-1769, 363-368; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1379-1382; OTCace 2087-2239; 1.045; 1051-1058, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 369-371; OTCace_N 1941-2084; 1.071; 1996-2002, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2079-2082; MYRISTYL CPSASE 761-779; 1.046; 324-340, 1.129; 1144-1149; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1394-1397; CPSGATASE 247-263; 1847-1856, 1.088; 1509-1537, MYRISTYL 318-323; CPSASE 405-419; 1.146; 1814-1825, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1748-1751; CPSASE_2 1212-1219; 1.129; 1497-1503, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 375-377; MYRISTYL ATCASE 2068-2085; 1.089; 79-98, 1.233; 1320-1325; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1666-1669; ANTSNTHASEII 217-226; 226-242, 1.154; 105-119, MYRISTYL 197-202; MYRISTYL ANTSNTHASEII 332-345; 1.087; 1891-1896, 1.056; 1251-1256; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 804-807; CPSGATASE 264-281; 1708-1718, 1.167; 2025-2061, MYRISTYL 1159-1164; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE ATCASE 2159-2168; 1.236; 777-782, 1.049; 1646-1649; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1037-1040; CPSASE_1 1083-1097; 1860-1871, 1.139; 1354-1365, MYRISTYL 1279-1284; CPSGATASE 178-192; 1.132; 131-141, 1.136; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2171-2174; MYRISTYL CPSaseIIsmall 2-359; 1026-1038, 1.117; 4-15, 184-189; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2148-2151; CPSGATASE 214-228; 1.104; 1255-1281, 1.2; MYRISTYL 1095-1100; MYRISTYL 216-221; GATASE 332-345; ATCASE 2155-2162, 1.084; 914-921, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 947-950; 1976-1998; asp_carb_tr 1.112; 1327-1349, 1.14; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2141-2144; 1941-2240; CPSaseII_lrg 746-765, 1.113; 387-407, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 981-984; MYRISTYL 388-1440; ATCASE 2014-2023; 1.129; 1371-1384, 1.085; 1010-1015; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 595-602; CPSGATASE 289-300; 1739-1745, 1.106; 1200-1207, MYRISTYL 250-255; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION CPSASE_2 680-687; 1.085; 729-743, 1.229; 1560-1563; MYRISTYL 1017-1022; pyrC_multi 1425-1797; 346-357, 1.136; 855-872, MYRISTYL 767-772; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.134; 545-563, 1.195; 872-874; MYRISTYL 471-476; MYRISTYL 2015-2021, 1.046; 1313-1320, 561-566; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 793-795; 1.087; 785-797, 1.112; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 1333-1340; 296-312, 1.048; 1545-1561, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1069-1072; 1.111; 1296-1303, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1175-1177; 1.105; 2101-2127, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1294-1297; MYRISTYL 1.211; 1389-1395, 724-729; MYRISTYL 477-482; MYRISTYL 1.108; 376-384, 1.126; 18-23; MYRISTYL 403-408; 1747-1755, 1.115; 843-852, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1324-1327; 1.129; 1247-1253, 1.094; MYRISTYL 80-85; MYRISTYL 14-19; 1629-1648, 1.179; 1582-1618, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 141-144; MYRISTYL 1.229; 1406-1412, 895-900; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; 1.084; 2175-2187, MYRISTYL 485-490; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.126; 1954-1963, 752-754; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 806-808; 1.111; 1157-1171, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 356-358; MYRISTYL 1.092; 1108-1130, 1873-1878; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2131-2133; 1.158; 609-616, 1.164; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 2222-2229; 1620-1627, 1.123; 17-31, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2117-2119; 1.094; 931-962, 1.192; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 2125-2127; MYRISTYL 1458-1475, 1.178; 995-1002, 625-630; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1691-1694; 1.103; 2206-2213, MYRISTYL 564-569; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.094; 146-152, 1.106; 1724-1727; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-46; 277-292, 1.178; 601-607, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 593-595; MYRISTYL 1.093; 1419-1456, 1.19; 562-567; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 569-571; 2195-2203, 1.093; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1284-1287; MYRISTYL 2006-2011; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1103-1106; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1360-1363; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 1403-1406; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 103-106; MYRISTYL 610-615; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 356-359; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1782-1784; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1606-1608; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1415-1417; MYRISTYL 1550-1555; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1321-1323; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1890-1892; MYRISTYL 1843-1848; MYRISTYL 1631-1636; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 929-931; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 344-347; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1396-1398; MYRISTYL 132-137; MYRISTYL 142-147; MYRISTYL 1546-1551; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 504-507; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 125-127; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1889-1891; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1331-1333; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 285-287; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1073-1075; DEX0450_015.aa.3 N 0 - o1-371; 134-141, 1.101; 125-131, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 254-256; ATCASE 105-127; AOTCASE 1.046; 53-78, 1.188, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 300-303; MYRISTYL 333-356; 346-351, 1.047; 144-150, 218-223; MYRISTYL 29-34; CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE 1.046; 230-256, 1.211; PCK_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-20; 115-122; ATCASE 143-152; 154-190, 1.236; 33-45, 1.173; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 19-21; ATCASE 349-363; 335-342, 1.094; 360-368, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 270-273; ATCASE 327-332; OTCASE 1.167; 20-25, 1.056; 4-11, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 208-211; 347-358; AOTCASE 323-332; 1.239; 103-110, 1.055; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 246-248; MYRISTYL OTCASE 113-127; 324-332, 1.093; 260-268; 135-140; MYRISTYL 214-219; ATCASE 197-214; AOTCASE 1.124; 304-316, 1.126; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 208-210; 198-209; AOTCASE 115-134; 284-291, 1.084; 83-92, 1.111; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 92-94; OTCASE 146-159; 200-207, 1.098; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-155; OTCace 216-368; ATCASE MICROBODIES_CTER 369-371; 288-297; OTCace_N 70-213; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 351-358; asp_carb_tr 70-369; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 139-142; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 260-262; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 119-121; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-280; DEX0450_016.aa.1 N 0 - o1-970; 83-104, 1.166; 449-555, MYRISTYL 40-45; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-28; HLH_2 766-822; 1.169; 265-270, 1.091; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 729-732; PRICHEXTENSN 449-470; 590-600, 1.164; 742-757, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 190-193; MYRISTYL PRO_RICH 374-671; HLH 1.14; 348-358, 1.081; 194-199; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-30; 773-827; HLH 768-822; 329-339, 1.103; 412-421, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 235-238; PRICHEXTENSN 378-394; 1.054; 814-822, 1.096; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 33-35; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 470-486; 202-210, 1.06; 4-20, 1.147; 902-907; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 821-842; PRICHEXTENSN 506-531; 219-234, 1.083; 424-446, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 768-771; HLH_1 806-821; 1.104; 905-940, 1.173; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 261-264; 623-671, 1.144; 160-167, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 258-261; 1.132; 174-180, 1.083; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 672-674; MYRISTYL 280-297, 1.246; 305-320, 7-12; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 762-764; 1.128; 570-581, 1.068; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; 111-119, 1.128; 602-619, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 725-728; 1.152; 711-725, 1.166; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 763-766; 885-898, 1.133; 39-61, 1.134; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 672-675; 239-255, 1.136; 402-409, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 497-499; 1.095; 845-863, 1.146; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 625-628; 184-191, 1.084; 943-948, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 936-938; AMIDATION 1.023; 128-151, 1.174; 687-690; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 103-105; 385-399, 1.15; 790-810, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 98-100; MYRISTYL 1.126; 715-720; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 802-804; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 564-566; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 137-140; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 357-360; MYRISTYL 3-8; MYRISTYL 792-797; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 745-747; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 911-913; MYRISTYL 857-862; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 727-729; MYRISTYL 695-700; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 621-624; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 693-696; MYRISTYL 941-946; DEX0450_016.orf.1 Y 0 - o1-719; 347-357, 1.103; 641-689, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 253-256; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 396-412; 1.144; 430-439, 1.054; 25-30; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 51-53; PRICHEXTENSN 488-504; 323-338, 1.128; 57-79, 1.134; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 711-714; PRICHEXTENSN 467-488; 202-209, 1.084; 237-252, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 43-46; PRO_RICH 392-689; 1.083; 101-122, 1.166; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 643-646; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 524-549; 298-315, 1.246; 257-273, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 279-282; 1.136; 129-137, 1.128; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; 467-573, 1.169; 20-38, 1.147; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 41-44; 146-169, 1.174; 403-417, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 582-584; 1.15; 620-637, 1.152; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 515-517; 420-427, 1.095; 178-185, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 121-123; 1.132; 10-17, 1.087; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 45-48; 220-228, 1.06; 283-288, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 208-211; MYRISTYL 1.091; 588-599, 1.068; 21-26; MYRISTYL 58-63; 608-618, 1.164; 366-376, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 276-279; 1.081; 192-198, 1.083; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 639-642; MYRISTYL 442-464, 1.104; 713-718; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 375-378; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 690-692; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 690-693; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 155-158; AMIDATION 705-708; DEX0450_016.aa.2 N 0 - o1-629; 504-522, 1.146; 261-278, LEUCINE_ZIPPER 480-501; PRICHEXTENSN 165-190; 1.152; 449-469, 1.126; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 595-597; PRICHEXTENSN 112-128; 602-607, 1.023; 473-481, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 19-21; HLH_2 425-481; 1.096; 249-259, 1.164; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 331-333; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 33-45; 108-214, 1.169; 282-330, 600-605; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 388-391; PRICHEXTENSN 132-149; 1.144; 544-557, 1.133; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 386-388; PRO_RICH 33-330; HLH_1 71-80, 1.054; 13-20, 1.057; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 280-283; 465-480; HLH 427-481; 61-68, 1.095; 44-58, 1.15; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 352-355; MYRISTYL HLH 432-486; 229-240, 1.068; 564-599, 561-566; MYRISTYL 516-521; 1.173; 401-416, 1.14; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 422-425; 370-384, 1.166; 83-105, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 404-406; AMIDATION 1.104; 346-349; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 421-423; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 461-463; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 427-430; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 570-572; MYRISTYL 12-17; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 223-225; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 331-334; MYRISTYL 451-456; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 284-287; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 384-387; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 156-158; MYRISTYL 374-379; MYRISTYL 354-359; DEX0450_016.orf.2 N 0 - o1-382; 66-80, 1.15; 105-127, 1.104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 178-180; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 146-171; 304-352, 1.144; 93-102, 11-16; MYRISTYL 376-381; PRICHEXTENSN 54-71; 1.054; 271-281, 1.164; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 41-43; CARBMTKINASE 77-92; 35-42, 1.057; 283-300, 1.152; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 353-355; PRO_RICH 55-352; 83-90, 1.095; 251-262, 1.068; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 306-309; AMIDATION CARBMTKINASE 3-21; 16-29, 1.151; 130-236, 1.169; 368-371; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 353-356; 4-11, 1.133; MYRISTYL 34-39; MYRISTYL 14-19; MYRISTYL 15-20; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 374-377; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 302-305; MYRISTYL 18-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 245-247; DEX0450_016.aa.3 N 0 - o1-1009; 781-796, 1.14; 641-658, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 300-303; HLH 812-866; HLH 807-861; 1.152; 174-180, 1.083; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 784-786; PRO_RICH 413-710; 184-191, 1.084; 629-639, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 664-667; HLH_2 805-861; HLH_1 1.164; 488-594, 1.169; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 801-803; MYRISTYL 845-860; PRICHEXTENSN 368-378, 1.103; 451-460, 194-199; MYRISTYL 734-739; 509-525; PRICHEXTENSN 1.054; 853-861, 1.096; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 190-193; MYRISTYL 417-433; PRICHEXTENSN 424-438, 1.15; 344-359, 896-901; MYRISTYL 754-759; 545-570; PRICHEXTENSN 1.128; 128-151, 1.174; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 297-300; MYRISTYL 488-509; 982-987, 1.023; 944-979, 831-836; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-30; 1.173; 83-104, 1.166; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 860-881; 609-620, 1.068; 662-710, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 711-714; MYRISTYL 1.144; 319-336, 1.246; 941-946; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 807-810; 219-234, 1.083; 111-119, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 33-35; 1.128; 39-61, 1.134; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 841-843; MYRISTYL 387-397, 1.081; 924-937, 282-287; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 660-663; 1.133; 239-263, 1.136; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 603-605; 202-210, 1.06; 160-167, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 950-952; MYRISTYL 1.132; 441-448, 1.095; 287-292; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 536-538; 285-298, 1.244; 829-849, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 802-805; 1.126; 265-271, 1.099; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; MYRISTYL 463-485, 1.104; 304-309, 980-985; MYRISTYL 3-8; 1.091; 884-902, 1.146; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 103-105; 750-764, 1.166; 4-20, 1.147; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 235-238; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-28; MYRISTYL 7-12; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 98-100; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 768-771; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 764-767; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 975-977; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 766-768; RGD 271-273; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 270-273; MYRISTYL 40-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 711-713; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 137-140; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 732-735; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 396-399; AMIDATION 726-729; DEX0450_016.orf.3 N 0 - o1-469; 391-439, 1.144; 73-88, 1.128; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 125-128; AMIDATION PRICHEXTENSN 269-294; 338-349, 1.068; 192-214, 455-458; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 461-464; PRICHEXTENSN 221-237; 1.104; 180-189, 1.054; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 440-442; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 142-154; 153-167, 1.15; 170-177, 463-468; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 332-334; PRICHEXTENSN 241-258; 1.095; 48-65, 1.246; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 265-267; PRO_RICH 142-439; 358-368, 1.164; 217-323, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-32; 1.169; 33-38, 1.091; 16-27, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 393-396; 1.244; 116-126, 1.081; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 440-443; MYRISTYL 370-387, 1.152; 97-107, 16-21; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 26-29; 1.103; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 389-392; DEX0450_017.aa.1 N 0 - o1-191; 4-25, 1.16; 100-122, 1.125; MYRISTYL 35-40; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-83; PRICHEXTENSN 64-85; 146-158, 1.049; 83-95, 1.18; MYRISTYL 167-172; PRICHEXTENSN 15-27; 67-73, 1.11; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 79-82; MYRISTYL 164-169; MYRISTYL 78-83; DEX0450_017.aa.2 N 0 - o1-117; 49-84, 1.09; 104-114, 1.087; MYRISTYL 42-47; MYRISTYL 93-98; GLY_RICH 2-51; MYRISTYL 22-27; MYRISTYL 32-37; MYRISTYL 90-95; MYRISTYL 2-7; MYRISTYL 12-17; MYRISTYL 50-55; DEX0450_017.orf.2 N 0 - o1-165; 157-162, 1.028; 84-101, MYRISTYL 67-72; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-29; ATP_GTP_A 23-30; 1.106; 112-135, 1.165; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 45-48; 43-82, 1.208; 103-109, 1.036; AMIDATION 148-151; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-10; DEX0450_017.aa.3 N 0 - o1-146; 113-121, 1.125; 49-84, 1.09; MYRISTYL 22-27; MYRISTYL 108-113; GLY_RICH 2-51; MYRISTYL 90-95; MYRISTYL 93-98; MYRISTYL 32-37; MYRISTYL 42-47; MYRISTYL 106-111; MYRISTYL 12-17; MYRISTYL 50-55; MYRISTYL 2-7; DEX0450_017.orf.3 N 0 - o1-165; 103-109, 1.036; 43-82, 1.208; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-10; ATP_GTP_A 23-30; 157-162, 1.028; 112-135, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-29; AMIDATION 1.165; 84-101, 1.106; 148-151; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 45-48; MYRISTYL 67-72; DEX0450_018.aa.1 Y 0 - o1-636; 384-400, 1.124; 151-157, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 496-498; sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN 1.056; 192-203, 1.102; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 121-124; MYRISTYL 516-596; 501-509, 1.105; 226-233, 254-259; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 496-499; 1.15; 63-69, 1.064; 597-620, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 367-370; 1.201; 478-484, 1.077; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 63-66; 36-47, 1.199; 170-183, 1.099; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 483-486; 512-519, 1.074; 491-497, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 518-520; 1.068; 8-23, 1.223; 240-254, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 402-404; 1.178; 338-363, 1.159; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 471-473; 523-533, 1.076; 376-382, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; MYRISTYL 77-82; 1.07; 444-469, 1.135; MYRISTYL 628-633; AMIDATION 159-162; 624-630, 1.038; 295-336, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 159-161; 1.235; 577-584, 1.097; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 57-64; RGD 468-470; 259-268, 1.096; 52-59, 1.073; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 380-388; MYRISTYL 108-147, 1.127; 412-419, 588-593; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 548-551; 1.107; 559-575, 1.156; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 633-635; MYRISTYL 167-172; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 487-490; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 485-488; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 433-436; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-27; MYRISTYL 278-283; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 519-522; DEX0450_018.aa.2 Y 0 - o1-682; 295-336, 1.235; 8-23, 1.223; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 624-627; MYRISTYL sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN 523-533, 1.076; 226-233, 278-283; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 519-522; 516-612; 1.15; 512-519, 1.074; MYRISTYL 254-259; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 491-497, 1.068; 638-645, 487-490; MYRISTYL 625-630; RGD 468-470; 1.074; 478-484, 1.077; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 433-436; 338-363, 1.159; 376-382, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 367-370; 1.07; 259-268, 1.096; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-27; 649-666, 1.151; 612-618, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 485-488; 1.086; 501-509, 1.105; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 548-551; 52-59, 1.073; 151-157, 1.056; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 63-66; 412-419, 1.107; 36-47, 1.199; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 471-473; 384-400, 1.124; 192-203, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 518-520; 1.102; 444-469, 1.135; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; 577-584, 1.097; 559-575, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 57-64; 1.156; 170-183, 1.099; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 121-124; 63-69, 1.064; 240-254, 1.178; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; MYRISTYL 77-82; 108-147, 1.127; AMIDATION 159-162; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 483-486; MYRISTYL 632-637; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 496-498; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 159-161; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 380-388; MYRISTYL 167-172; MYRISTYL 588-593; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 496-499; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 402-404; DEX0450_018.aa.3 Y 0 - o1-654; 412-419, 1.107; 611-617, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 57-64; sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN 1.107; 108-147, 1.127; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 402-404; 516-596; 170-183, 1.099; 444-469, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 518-520; 1.135; 338-363, 1.159; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 485-488; 192-203, 1.102; 63-69, 1.064; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 496-498; 501-509, 1.105; 226-233, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 380-388; 1.15; 523-533, 1.076; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 483-486; RGD 468-470; 240-254, 1.178; 478-484, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 487-490; 1.077; 512-519, 1.074; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 471-473; 151-157, 1.056; 8-23, 1.223; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 548-551; AMIDATION 376-382, 1.07; 295-336, 159-162; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 617-620; 1.235; 491-497, 1.068; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 519-522; 36-47, 1.199; 559-575, 1.156; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 648-650; 52-59, 1.073; 577-584, 1.097; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; 384-400, 1.124; 259-268, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 496-499; 1.096; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 121-124; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-27; MYRISTYL 167-172; MYRISTYL 612-617; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 433-436; MYRISTYL 647-652; MYRISTYL 77-82; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 63-66; MYRISTYL 599-604; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 367-370; MYRISTYL 254-259; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 159-161; MYRISTYL 278-283; MYRISTYL 588-593; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; DEX0450_018.orf.3 Y 0 - o1-669; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 533-535; MYRISTYL sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN 603-608; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 632-635; 531-611; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 563-566; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 511-513; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 395-403; MYRISTYL 92-97; AMIDATION 174-177; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 500-503; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 382-385; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 417-419; MYRISTYL 613-618; RGD 483-485; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 78-81; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 72-79; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 448-451; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-41; MYRISTYL 182-187; MYRISTYL 614-619; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 174-176; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 498-501; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 613-616; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 136-139; MYRISTYL 627-632; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 80-82; MYRISTYL 269-274; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 40-42; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 486-488; MYRISTYL 293-298; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 502-505; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 534-537; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 663-665; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 511-514; MYRISTYL 662-667; DEX0450_018.aa.4 N 0 - o1-411; 279-293, 1.123; 140-150, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 17-20; MYRISTYL sp_060568_PLO3_HUMAN 1.076; 364-375, 1.157; 199-204; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-21; 133-155; 20G-FeII_Oxy 403-408, 1.144; 129-136, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 336-338; MYRISTYL 320-411; 1.074; 152-159, 1.102; 41-46; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 84-86; LYS_HYDROXYLASE 339-346; 336-343, 1.068; 347-355, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 15-18; P4Hc 237-410; 1.103; 167-172, 1.063; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-78; MYRISTYL sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN 79-92, 1.068; 178-184, 1.106; 394-399; MYRISTYL 37-42; MYRISTYL 212-411; 295-306, 1.12; 250-257, 275-280; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 84-87; RGD 1.097; 116-126, 1.105; 56-58; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-178; 203-210, 1.1; 66-72, 1.077; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 135-137; 309-316, 1.08; 43-57, 1.135; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-177; 4-10, 1.103; 232-248, 1.156; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 407-410; 380-394, 1.095; 322-330, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 187-189; MYRISTYL 1.129; 96-111, 1.09; 26-33, 35-40; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 136-139; 1.097; MYRISTYL 92-97; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 17-19; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 73-76; AMIDATION 13-16; MYRISTYL 166-171; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 71-74; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 375-377; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 221-224; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 59-61; MYRISTYL 261-266; DEX0450_018.orf.4 N 0 - o1-255; 153-160, 1.08; 123-137, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 19-22; 2OG-FeII_Oxy 164-255; 1.123; 180-187, 1.068; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-33; MYRISTYL P4Hc 81-254; 94-101, 1.097; 76-92, 1.156; 105-110; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 180-182; LYS_HYDROXYLASE 183-190; 22-28, 1.106; 191-199, 1.103; MYRISTYL 10-15; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 3-5; sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN 139-150, 1.12; 47-54, 1.1; MYRISTYL 119-124; 56-255; 208-219, 1.157; 247-252, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 65-68; MYRISTYL 1.144; 166-174, 1.129; 43-48; MYRISTYL 238-243; 11-16, 1.063; 224-238, 1.095; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 251-254; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 19-21; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 219-221; DEX0450_019.aa.1 N 0 - o1-312; 282-291, 1.119; 249-258, AMIDATION 259-262; MYRISTYL 79-84; PROTEASOME 44-59; 1.043; 37-55, 1.146; 83-104, MYRISTYL 11-16; AMIDATION 191-194; PROTEASOME 201-212; 1.142; 58-79, 1.128; MYRISTYL 159-164; MYRISTYL 243-248; PROTEASOME_B 40-87; 225-240, 1.194; 110-119, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 211-214; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME 165-176; 1.102; 206-213, 1.1; 165-170; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 274-276; proteasome 33-215; 145-152, 1.111; 261-274, MYRISTYL 59-64; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 35-200; 1.217; 194-200, 1.074; 303-306; MYRISTYL 173-178; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME 176-187; 47-52; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 200-202; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 184-187; MYRISTYL 167-172; MYRISTYL 128-133; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 69-76; MYRISTYL 134-139; MYRISTYL 130-135; MYRISTYL 207-212; MYRISTYL 154-159; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 200-203; DEX0450_019.orf.1 N 0 - o1-299; 35-41, 1.09; 135-156, 1.128; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 261-264; AMIDATION PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 160-181, 1.142; 114-132, 65-68; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-279; 112-277; PROTEASOME 1.146; 12-31, 1.157; MYRISTYL 244-249; MYRISTYL 242-247; 121-136; PROTEASOME_B 271-277, 1.074; 222-229, MYRISTYL 156-161; AMIDATION 268-271; 117-164; PROTEASOME 1.111; 283-290, 1.1; 57-64, MYRISTYL 43-48; MYRISTYL 40-45; 242-253; proteasome 1.102; 187-196, 1.102; MYRISTYL 250-255; MYRISTYL 211-216; 110-292; PROTEASOME PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; 278-289; PROTEASOME ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 288-291; 253-264; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 146-153; MYRISTYL 136-141; MYRISTYL 124-129; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 67-74; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-6; MYRISTYL 231-236; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-280; MYRISTYL 236-241; MYRISTYL 207-212; MYRISTYL 205-210; MYRISTYL 88-93; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; MYRISTYL 284-289; DEX0450_019.aa.2 N 0 - o1-274; 206-212, 1.1; 110-119, 1.102; MYRISTYL 154-159; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE PROTEASOME 44-59; 58-79, 1.128; 194-200, 1.074; 219-221; MYRISTYL 11-16; AMIDATION PROTEASOME 165-176; 83-104, 1.142; 37-55, 1.146; 191-194; MYRISTYL 165-170; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 35-200; 145-152, 1.111; 253-259, 159-164; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 248-250; PROTEASOME 176-187; 1.097; MYRISTYL 134-139; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE PROTEASOME 201-212; 249-252; MYRISTYL 173-178; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_B 40-87; 47-52; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 200-203; proteasome 33-215; MYRISTYL 128-133; MYRISTYL 79-84; MYRISTYL 207-212; MYRISTYL 59-64; MYRISTYL 254-259; MYRISTYL 167-172; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 69-76; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 184-187; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 200-202; MYRISTYL 130-135; DEX0450_019.orf.2 N 0 - o1-294; 222-229, 1.111; 114-132, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 261-264; AMIDATION proteasome 110-292; 1.146; 283-289, 1.1; 268-271; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 146-153; PROTEASOME 242-253; 160-181, 1.142; 135-156, MYRISTYL 284-289; MYRISTYL 231-236; PROTEASOME 253-264; 1.128; 271-277, 1.074; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; PROTEASOME 278-289; 12-31, 1.157; 187-196, 1.102; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME 121-136; 35-41, 1.09; 57-64, 1.102; 136-141; MYRISTYL 43-48; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 211-216; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-6; 112-277; PROTEASOME_B AMIDATION 65-68; MYRISTYL 250-255; 117-164; MYRISTYL 88-93; MYRISTYL 236-241; MYRISTYL 40-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-279; MYRISTYL 124-129; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 67-74; MYRISTYL 207-212; MYRISTYL 244-249; MYRISTYL 156-161; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; MYRISTYL 242-247; MYRISTYL 205-210; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-280; DEX0450_019.aa.3 N 0 - o1-237; 58-79, 1.128; 222-233, 1.175; MYRISTYL 59-64; MYRISTYL 130-135; proteasome 33-215; 37-55, 1.146; 83-104, 1.142; MYRISTYL 167-172; MYRISTYL 11-16; PROTEASOME 201-212; 194-200, 1.074; 206-213, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 200-203; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME 176-187; 1.112; 145-152, 1.111; 154-159; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 200-202; PROTEASOME_B 40-87; 110-119, 1.102; MYRISTYL 159-164; MYRISTYL 165-170; PROTEASOME 165-176; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 223-226; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 35-200; 79-84; MYRISTYL 47-52; PROTEASOME 44-59; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 184-187; MYRISTYL 134-139; AMIDATION 191-194; MYRISTYL 128-133; MYRISTYL 173-178; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 69-76; MYRISTYL 207-212; DEX0450_019.orf.3 N 0 - o1-297; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 67-74; MYRISTYL PROTEASOME_PROTEASE 236-241; MYRISTYL 250-255; 112-277; proteasome TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 146-153; MYRISTYL 110-292; PROTEASOME 207-212; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-280; 253-264; PROTEASOME AMIDATION 268-271; MYRISTYL 211-216; 121-136; PROTEASOME PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; AMIDATION 65-68; MYRISTYL 242-253; PROTEASOME 156-161; MYRISTYL 278-289; PROTEASOME_B 40-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-279; 117-164; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-6; MYRISTYL 88-93; MYRISTYL 284-289; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; MYRISTYL 231-236; MYRISTYL 244-249; MYRISTYL 124-129; MYRISTYL 136-141; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; MYRISTYL 205-210; MYRISTYL 43-48; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 261-264; MYRISTYL 242-247; DEX0450_020.aa.1 N 0 - o1-260; 198-213, 1.076; 128-145, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-77; 1.093; 53-71, 1.181; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 16-19; 238-254, 1.196; 151-161, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 256-259; 1.056; 40-50, 1.103; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 55-76; 223-233, 1.092; 97-104, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 161-163; MYRISTYL 1.099; 163-174, 1.09; 5-16, 157-162; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 51-54; 1.088; 20-38, 1.144; MYRISTYL 160-165; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 48-69; MYRISTYL 85-90; MYRISTYL 119-124; DEX0450_020.orf.1 N 0 - o1-249; 29-39, 1.103; 117-134, 1.093; MYRISTYL 146-151; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-27, 1.144; 212-222, 1.092; 40-43; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 150-152; 152-163, 1.09; 86-93, 1.099; MYRISTYL 108-113; MYRISTYL 74-79; 140-150, 1.056; 42-60, 1.181; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 37-58; 187-202, 1.076; 227-243, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 64-66; 1.196; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 44-65; MYRISTYL 149-154; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 245-248; DEX0450_020.aa.2 Y 0 - o1-132; 4-12, 1.075; 41-71, 1.185; MYRISTYL 31-36; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 15-27, 1.203; 31-37, 1.04; 101-104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-119; 75-119, 1.163; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 122-125; MYRISTYL 71-76; DEX0450_020.orf.2 N 0 - o1-225; MYRISTYL 108-113; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 15-23; AMIDATION 13-16; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-7; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 105-107; MYRISTYL 112-117; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 119-122; MYRISTYL 43-48; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-15; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-25; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-94; MYRISTYL 44-49; MYRISTYL 149-154; MYRISTYL 10-15; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 69-72; MYRISTYL 153-158; DEX0450_020.orf.3 N 0 - o1-451; 145-150, 1.066; 152-159, MYRISTYL 239-244; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE PRICHEXTENSN 150-171; 1.121; 105-111, 1.059; 135-137; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 201-204; PRICHEXTENSN 47-59; 325-335, 1.245; 410-419, LEUCINE_ZIPPER 401-422; GLN_RICH 383-421; 1.079; 248-254, 1.06; 4-46, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 256-258; SER_RICH 192-310; 1.165; 261-272, 1.059; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 220-223; PRICHEXTENSN 311-323; 182-189, 1.057; 390-402, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 224-226; MYRISTYL 1.179; 192-201, 1.027; 69-74; MYRISTYL 188-193; 74-93, 1.186; 423-429, 1.048; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-40; MYRISTYL 317-322, 1.064; 307-314, 296-301; MYRISTYL 178-183; 1.056; 120-137, 1.13; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-279; 203-211, 1.047; 294-300, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 310-313; 1.081; 162-168, 1.08; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 282-284; MYRISTYL 213-219, 1.076; 229-235, 295-300; MYRISTYL 175-180; 1.094; 377-385, 1.072; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 408-429; 344-349, 1.045; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 350-353; MYRISTYL 215-220; MYRISTYL 290-295; MYRISTYL 31-36; MYRISTYL 287-292; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 273-276; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 109-112; MYRISTYL 65-70; MYRISTYL 255-260; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 394-415; DEX0450_021.aa.1 N 0 - o1-1193; 453-472, 1.23; 1066-1072, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 990-993; VINCULIN 588-601; 1.099; 819-830, 1.099; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 1165-1168; VINCULIN 572-582; FH2 977-999, 1.127; 1088-1095, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 427-429; 636-1077; PRO_RICH 561-636; 1.087; 720-735, 1.111; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 959-961; RNASE_PANCREATIC 287-301, 1.237; 895-917, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 959-962; 680-686; FH2 636-1077; 1.103; 218-229, 1.127; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1126-1129; PRICHEXTENSN 573-594; 572-600, 1.117; 836-846, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 404-406; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 598-614; 1.212; 235-253, 1.178; 14-19; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; 1180-1190, 1.121; 965-970, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 313-316; 1.052; 367-380, 1.119; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 167-169; MYRISTYL 59-65, 1.053; 541-565, 1.112; 569-574; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 149-151; 435-450, 1.182; 304-313, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 351-354; 1.107; 675-690, 1.192; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 118-121; MYRISTYL 1097-1106, 1.185; 755-764, 552-557; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 825-828; 1.088; 5-14, 1.075; 322-330, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 729-731; 1.145; 951-961, 1.084; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 526-529; 18-30, 1.082; 417-423, 1.079; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 350-353; 42-47, 1.063; 1109-1114, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 26-28; MYRISTYL 1.05; 269-280, 1.136; 853-858; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 704-706; 607-619, 1.136; 190-214, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 209-212; 1.152; 1130-1135, 1.064; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 231-233; 176-182, 1.048; 332-352, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 427-430; 1.217; 400-407, 1.062; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1054-1057; 880-893, 1.178; 778-810, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 722-725; 1.167; 90-106, 1.105; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 645-647; 767-775, 1.058; 624-635, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 993-996; 1.134; 486-500, 1.153; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 83-86; 1028-1033, 1.072; 711-718, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1177-1180; 1.065; 510-515, 1.032; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 187-190; 386-394, 1.121; 861-871, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 194-197; 1.159; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 863-866; MYRISTYL 847-852; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1162-1164; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1175-1178; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-178; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 431-434; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 83-85; MYRISTYL 29-34; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 198-200; MYRISTYL 329-334; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 667-673; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 66-69; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 411-418; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 48-51; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1127-1129; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 302-305; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1179-1182; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1146-1148; MYRISTYL 1060-1065; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 480-482; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 1079-1082; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1096-1098; DEX0450_022.aa.1 N 0 - o1-650; 80-87, 1.064; 202-208, 1.098; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 419-421; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 456-481; 452-473, 1.096; 48-54, 1.088; 624-629; MYRISTYL 176-181; PRICHEXTENSN 334-346; 163-172, 1.164; 4-12, 1.085; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 358-360; sp_Q9H271_Q9H271_HUMAN 602-614, 1.141; 505-537, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 539-541; 190-334; PRO_RICH 334-557; 1.219; 216-226, 1.094; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 617-620; Nop 186-334; 479-503, 1.208; 108-113, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 375-377; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 425-442; 1.065; 425-449, 1.141; 369-374; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 39-42; 244-254, 1.104; 156-161, MYRISTYL 398-403; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.052; 542-554, 1.175; 119-121; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 180-183; 380-396, 1.161; 626-637, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 98-101; 1.111; 41-46, 1.047; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 307-310; 570-576, 1.065; 89-102, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 581-583; 1.126; 292-308, 1.145; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 218-221; MYRISTYL 231-237, 1.042; 264-286, 233-238; MYRISTYL 236-241; 1.134; 125-140, 1.114; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 558-561; MYRISTYL 334-348, 1.136; 363-368; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 240-243; MYRISTYL 224-229; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 138-141; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 161-164; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 198-201; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2-5; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 47-49; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 559-565; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 617-619; MYRISTYL 20-25; MYRISTYL 497-502; MYRISTYL 613-618; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 22-25; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 138-140; DEX0450_022.orf.1 N 0 - o1-369; 100-113, 1.126; 345-359, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 172-175; MYRISTYL sp_Q9H271_Q9H271_HUMAN 1.136; 59-65, 1.088; 9-14; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 149-151; 201-345; Nop 197-345; 303-319, 1.145; 15-23, 1.085; MYRISTYL 235-240; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 174-183, 1.164; 275-297, 251-254; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 33-36; 1.134; 167-172, 1.052; MYRISTYL 244-249; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 227-237, 1.094; 91-98, 1.064; 318-321; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-16; 136-151, 1.114; 119-124, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 209-212; 1.065; 255-265, 1.104; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-53; MYRISTYL 242-248, 1.042; 52-57, 1.047; 187-192; MYRISTYL 11-16; 213-219, 1.098; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 229-232; AMIDATION 366-369; MYRISTYL 247-252; MYRISTYL 31-36; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 191-194; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 130-132; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 149-152; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 109-112; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-60; DEX0450_023.aa.1 Y 0 - o1-164; 27-32, 1.031; 116-135, 1.152; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 124-126; ER_TARGET 161-164; 54-59, 1.094; 74-89, 1.127; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 67-70; THIOREDOXIN 73-81; 101-114, 1.102; 39-48, 1.106; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 138-141; MYRISTYL THIOREDOXIN 74-92; 150-159, 1.138; 6-23, 1.08; 15-20; MYRISTYL 105-110; MYRISTYL THIOREDOXIN_2 55-158; 54-59; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-94; THIOREDOXIN 81-90; MYRISTYL 32-37; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-41; THIOREDOXIN 124-135; AMIDATION 136-139; thiored 53-161; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 24-26; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 96-99; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 96-98; DEX0450_023.aa.2 N 0 —i1-31; 17-28, 1.096; 5-13, 1.067; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-19; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 11-13; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 24-27; DEX0450_023.orf.2 N 0 - o1-110; 4-11, 1.144; 80-99, 1.195; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 31-34; 35-63, 1.145; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-16; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 100-103; DEX0450_023.aa.3 N 1 —i1-20; 19-36, 1.212; tm21-38; o39-39; DEX0450_023.orf.3 N 0 - o1-110; 80-99, 1.195; 4-11, 1.144; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 100-103; 35-63, 1.145; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-16; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 31-34; DEX0450_024.aa.1 N 0 - o1-140; 35-42, 1.129; 111-137, 1.283; AMIDATION 2-5; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 52-54; Flavodoxin_2 4-140; 65-89, 1.119; 4-13, 1.181; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 52-55; 26-31, 1.071; 94-104, 1.167; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-15; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 57-59; DEX0450_025.aa.1 N 0 - o1-73; 19-28, 1.168; 62-70, 1.085; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 41-44; MYRISTYL 28-33; sp_O77641_CATK_MACFA 7-71; PAPAIN 35-41; THIOL_PROTEASE_ASN 35-54; PAPAIN 20-30; THIOL_PROTEASE_HIS 18-28; DEX0450_025.orf.1 N 0 - o1-72; 18-27, 1.168; 60-69, 1.085; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-3; MYRISTYL 27-32; PAPAIN 34-40; PAPAIN CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 40-43; 19-29; sp_O77641_CATK_MACFA 4-70; THIOL_PROTEASE_HIS 17-27; THIOL_PROTEASE_ASN 34-53; DEX0450_026.aa.1 Y 7 - o1-19; 4-253, 1.334; 263-270, 1.114; MYRISTYL 273-278; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE LEU_RICH 56-229; tm20-42; 282-318, 1.14; 294-296; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 170-172; PHE_RICH 16-168; i43-54; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 167-169; tm55-77; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 10-12; MYRISTYL o78-80; 232-237; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 124-145; tm81-103; MYRISTYL 7-12; i104-119; tm120-142; o143-151; tm152-171; i172-177; tm178-200; o201-223; tm224-246; i247-321; DEX0450_026.orf.1 Y 8 —i1-1; 4-194, 1.278; 275-317; 1.166; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 260-263; LEU_RICH 2-175; tm2-19; 197-262, 1.381; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-83; MYRISTYL 61-66; C_TYPE_LECTIN_1 102-128; o20-23; MYRISTYL 40-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE CYS_RICH 218-246; tm24-46; 258-260; i47-84; tm85-107; o108-116; tm117-139; i140-145; tm146-168; o169-200; tm201-223; i224-229; tm230-252; o253-295; tm296-318; i319-320; DEX0450_026.orf.2 Y 8 —i1-1; 197-262, 1.381; 275-317, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 258-260; LEU_RICH 2-175; tm2-19; 1.166; 4-194, 1.278; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 260-263; CYS_RICH 218-246; o20-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-83; MYRISTYL 61-66; C_TYPE_LECTIN_1 102-128; tm24-46; MYRISTYL 40-45; i47-84; tm85-107; o108-116; tm117-139; i140-145; tm146-168; o169-200; tm201-223; i224-229; tm230-252; o253-295; tm296-318; i319-320; DEX0450_027.aa.1 N 0 - o1-684; 158-165, 1.097; 291-299, AMIDATION 403-406; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE TPR_REPEAT_2 242-275; 1.087; 21-28, 1.156; 238-245; MYRISTYL 106-111; TPR_REGION_1 62-135; 120-132, 1.207; 59-93, 1.114; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 677-679; TPR_REGION_2 202-355; 141-156, 1.088; 220-233, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 458-461; MYRISTYL TPR_REPEAT_3 282-315; 1.091; 611-619, 1.092; 289-294; MYRISTYL 329-334; TPR_REPEAT_4 322-355; 211-216, 1.072; 175-184, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 625-628; TPR_102-135; GoLoco 1.105; 13-19, 1.104; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 68-89; 594-616; GoLoco 594-616; 631-638, 1.103; 41-56, 1.122; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 367-370; AMIDATION GoLoco 628-650; 646-652, 1.094; 30-39, 1.108; 451-454; AMIDATION 677-680; TPR 62-95; GoLoco 628-650; 277-289, 1.132; 461-466, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 45-48; TPR 142-188; TPR 1.074; 507-514, 1.12; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 441-443; AMIDATION 62-95; TPR 282-315; TPR 346-352, 1.057; 111-117, 639-642; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 480-483; 322-355; TPR 242-275; 1.079; 493-499, 1.072; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-10; GoLoco 489-511; TPR 301-313, 1.124; 547-554, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 405-408; 142-188; TPR 202-235; 1.112; 534-542, 1.186; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-9; TPR 102-135; TPR 282-315; 396-402, 1.035; 429-450, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 111-113; TPR 322-355; 1.14; 250-256, 1.067; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 478-480; sp o42393 RAPS CHICK 598-607, 1.155; 325-335, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 501-503; 172-356; GoLoco 544-566; 1.054; 578-585, 1.147; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 460-462; TPR 242-275; 188-195, 1.16; 566-573, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 363-365; TPR_REPEAT_1 62-95; 1.067; 624-629, 1.03; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 382-385; GoLoco 544-566; TPR 266-274, 1.136; 371-378, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; 202-235; GoLoco 489-511; 1.135; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 94-97; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 620-622; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 61-82; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 556-558; MYRISTYL 571-576; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 260-263; CK2_PHOSPHOSITE 486-489; CK2_PHOSPHOSITE 607-610; MYRISTYL 206-211; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 188-191; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 390-393; MYRISTYL 376-381; DEX0450_028.aa.1 N 0 - o1-499; 247-262, 1.118; 106-113, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 390-392; AMINO1PTASE 308-326; 1.132; 195-204, 1.181; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 439-442; AMINO1PTASE 168-185; 320-341, 1.163; 476-485, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-243; AMINO1PTASE 131-151; 1.094; 161-182, 1.143; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 138-141; AMINO1PTASE 350-366; 224-245, 1.198; 356-366, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-65; Peptidase_M18 34-435; 1.115; 374-402, 1.129; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 423-426; MYRISTYL AMINO1PTASE 98-114; 82-96, 1.116; 404-420, 1.07; 95-100; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; 118-129, 1.111; 265-271, MYRISTYL 133-138; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.084; 424-456, 1.183; 341-344; MYRISTYL 294-299; 273-308, 1.192; 40-58, 1.139; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 331-334; 21-38, 1.098; 143-157, 1.176; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 420-422; 458-474, 1.063; 98-103, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 157-159; 1.078; 348-353, 1.032; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 446-449; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-244; MYRISTYL 314-319; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 306-309; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 79-82; MYRISTYL 459-464; MYRISTYL 134-139; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 113-116; MYRISTYL 465-470; DEX0450_028.orf.1 N 0 - o1-407; 98-112, 1.116; 289-324, MYRISTYL 150-155; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE AMINO1PTASE 114-130; 1.192; 281-287, 1.084; 322-325; MYRISTYL 149-154; MYRISTYL Peptidase M18 50-407; 263-278, 1.118; 211-220, 1-6; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 257-259; AMINO1PTASE 184-201; 1.181; 372-382, 1.115; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 129-132; AMINO1PTASE 324-342; 37-54, 1.098; 122-129, 1.132; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 357-360; MYRISTYL AMINO1PTASE 366-382; 336-357, 1.163; 364-369, 111-116; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 132-134; AMINO1PTASE 147-167; 1.032; 177-198, 1.143; MYRISTYL 310-315; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 56-74, 1.139; 134-145, 1.111; 347-350; MYRISTYL 14-19; 390-404, 1.129; 159-173, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 173-175; 1.176; 240-261, 1.198; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 79-81; 114-119, 1.078; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 154-157; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 95-98; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 257-260; MYRISTYL 15-20; MYRISTYL 330-335; DEX0450_029.aa.1 N 0 - o1-31; 17-28, 1.086; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-8; DEX0450_029.orf.1 N 1 —01-14; 49-58, 1.065; 5-35, 1.167; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 11-14; tm15-34; 39-47, 1.084; 61-66, 1.186; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; MYRISTYL 31-36; i35-69; MYRISTYL 1-6; DEX0450_030.aa.1 N 0 —i1-89; 31-37, 1.049; 52-63, 1.073; MYRISTYL 14-19; MYRISTYL 18-23; THR_RICH 46-87; 4-12, 1.091; 40-50, 1.107; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 64-66; MYRISTYL 8-13; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 40-42; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 68-70; DEX0450_030.orf.1 N 0 - o1-86; 49-60, 1.073; 37-47, 1.107; MYRISTYL 14-19; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; THR_RICH 43-84; 28-34, 1.049; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 37-39; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; MYRISTYL 2-7; DEX0450_031.aa.1 N 1 —i1-98; 191-199, 1.133; 18-23, 1.038; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 354-356; MYRISTYL THYROGLOBULIN_1 278-307; tm99-121; 161-167, 1.103; 256-277, 88-93; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-60; TY 279-325; o122-404; 1.166; 130-138, 1.071; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 330-332; thyroglobulin_1 263-321; 288-305, 1.202; 95-114, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 337-339; 1.206; 236-243, 1.078; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 211-214; 362-401, 1.221; 44-50, 1.087; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 53-56; 27-38, 1.189; 148-155, 1.071; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-279; 201-211, 1.157; 117-125, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-61; MYRISTYL 97-102; 1.108; 324-332, 1.126; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 306-309; 342-348, 1.06; 4-12, 1.043; AMIDATION 83-86; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 320-323; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 322-324; AMIDATION 51-54; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 180-183; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 281-288; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 186-189; MYRISTYL 113-118; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-78; DEX0450_031.orf.1 N 0 - o1-371; 97-105, 1.071; 329-368, AMIDATION 19-22; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION TY 246-292; 1.221; 255-272, 1.202; 153-156; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 304-306; thyroglobulin_1 230-288; 223-244, 1.166; 128-134, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 147-150; THYROGLOBULIN_1 1.103; 62-81, 1.206; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 248-255; MYRISTYL 245-274; 168-178, 1.157; 84-92, 1.108; 80-85; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 287-290; 309-315, 1.06; 4-18, 1.126; MYRISTYL 64-69; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 203-210, 1.078; 291-299, 289-291; AMIDATION 50-53; 1.126; 158-166, 1.133; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 178-181; 115-122, 1.071; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 42-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 297-299; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-27; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 244-246; MYRISTYL 19-24; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 321-323; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-28; MYRISTYL 55-60; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 273-276; DEX0450_031.aa.2 N 0 - o1-102; 56-63, 1.078; 89-95, 1.067; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-96; 21-31, 1.157; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-34; MYRISTYL 89-94; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN 88-91; DEX0450_031.orf.2 N 0 —i1-102; 62-75, 1.231; 85-93, 1.058; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-7; 38-48, 1.152; 7-36, 1.126; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 46-49; MYRISTYL 55-60; DEX0450_032.aa.1 N 0 - o1-273; 13-20, 1.106; 175-192, 1.139; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 267-269; MYRISTYL RRM 181-255; RRM 182-251; 120-136, 1.128; 30-57, 1.253; 201-206; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-32; rrm 183-250; 142-149, 1.138; 4-9, 1.134; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 164-167; 234-266, 1.176; 64-102, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 193-196; MYRISTYL 1.179; 194-213, 1.141; 74-79; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 43-46; MYRISTYL 94-99; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 166-168; MYRISTYL 121-126; DEX0450_032.orf.1 N 0 - o1-227; 4-14, 1.073, 77-90, 1.156; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 147-150; RRM 135-209; RRM 136-205; 148-167, 1.141, 129-146, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 120-122; MYRISTYL rrm 137-204; 1.139; 19-66, 1.216, 96-103, 155-160; MYRISTYL 37-42; 1.138; 188-220, 1.176; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 221-223; MYRISTYL 64-69; MYRISTYL 77-82; AMIDATION 16-19; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 118-121; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-21; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 6-9; DEX0450_032.aa.2 Y 0 - o1-452; 35-60, 1.152; 236-250, 1.11; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-95; RRM 109-206; RRM 261-337; 102-119, 1.139; 224-234, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 91-94; rrm 263-330; rrm 1.126; 69-76, 1.138; 26-32, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 442-445; MYRISTYL 110-205; RRM 262-331; 1.049; 167-175, 1.08; 44-49; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 120-123; ANTIFREEZEI 221-232; 371-382, 1.074; 300-319, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 162-164; hnRNP-L_PTB 106-445; 1.121; 403-409, 1.05; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-11; ANTIFREEZEI 238-247; 324-343, 1.153; 411-419, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; MYRISTYL 60-65; 1.055; 5-17, 1.091; 384-393, MYRISTYL 128-133; MYRISTYL 251-256; 1.073; 189-208, 1.13; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 353-356; 257-292, 1.18; 151-160, MYRISTYL 433-438; RGD 438-440; 1.165; 121-140, 1.141; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 262-270; MYRISTYL 161-166; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-22; MYRISTYL 153-158; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 429-431; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 62-65; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 329-331; DEX0450_032.orf.2 N 0 - o1-304; 41-60, 1.13; 19-27, 1.08; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; RGD 290-292; RRM 114-183; 176-195, 1.153; 223-234, MYRISTYL 285-290; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE ANTIFREEZEI 90-99; 1.074; 4-12, 1.065; 76-86, 294-297; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-208; ANTIFREEZEI 73-84; rrm 1.126; 263-271, 1.055; MYRISTYL 13-18; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 115-182; RRM 113-189; 255-261, 1.05; 88-102, 1.11; 114-122; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-183; 236-245, 1.073; 152-171, MYRISTYL 103-108; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.121; 109-144, 1.18; 281-283; DEX0450_032.aa.3 Y 0 - o1-606; 536-543, 1.124; 324-343, MYRISTYL 251-256; MYRISTYL 563-568; hnRNP-L_PTB 106-546; 1.153; 373-379, 1.05; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-95; RRM 262-331; RRM 109-206; 35-60, 1.152; 576-592, 1.115; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-11; RRM 261-337; rrm 121-140, 1.141; 5-17, 1.091; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 575-577; 110-205; rrm 263-330; 102-119, 1.139; 224-234, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-22; MYRISTYL 44-49; 1.126; 151-158, 1.129; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; MYRISTYL 189-208, 1.13; 166-173, 60-65; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 329-331; 1.139; 434-446, 1.148; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 461-464; MYRISTYL 257-292, 1.18; 395-426, 163-168; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 381-383; 1.154; 236-250, 1.11; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 458-460; 300-319, 1.121; 69-76, 1.138; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 482-485; 448-520, 1.174; 550-565, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 120-123; 1.144; 26-32, 1.049; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 353-356; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 62-65; MYRISTYL 128-133; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 262-270; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 501-503; MYRISTYL 523-528; MYRISTYL 467-472; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 91-94; MYRISTYL 396-401; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 414-416; MYRISTYL 556-561; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 389-391; DEX0450_032.orf.3 N 0 - o1-227; 76-86, 1.126; 4-12, 1.065; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; MYRISTYL RRM 113-189; 41-60, 1.13; 19-27, 1.08; 88-102, 103-108; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-183; ANTIFREEZEI 73-84; 1.11; 109-144, 1.18; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-122; ANTIFREEZEI 90-99; rrm 152-171, 1.121; 176-195, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-208; MYRISTYL 115-182; RRM 114-183; 1.153; 13-18; DEX0450_032.aa.4 Y 0 - o1-432; 224-234, 1.126; 189-208, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; HOMSERKINASE 242-257; 1.13; 69-76, 1.138; 300-319, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 162-164; HOMSERKINASE 403-418; 1.121; 373-409, 1.139; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 329-331; MYRISTYL RRM 109-206; rrm 263-330; 151-160, 1.165; 102-119, 251-256; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; rrm 110-205; 1.139; 257-292, 1.18; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-95; MYRISTYL ANTIFREEZEI 238-247; 167-175, 1.08; 26-32, 1.049; 153-158; MYRISTYL 44-49; ALA_RICH 371-411; 324-343, 1.153; 5-17, 1.091; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 62-65; MYRISTYL ANTIFREEZEI 221-232; 121-140, 1.141; 236-250, 128-133; MYRISTYL 60-65; hnRNP-L_PTB 106-432; 1.11; 35-60, 1.152; 412-421, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-22; MYRISTYL KV14CHANNEL 392-402; 1.186; 161-166; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-11; KV14CHANNEL 405-414; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 262-270; RRM 261-337; RRM 262-331; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 120-123; MYRISTYL 410-415; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 353-356; MYRISTYL 407-412; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 91-94; DEX0450_032.orf.4 N 0 - o1-284; 225-261, 1.139; 152-171, MYRISTYL 13-18; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE HOMSERKINASE 94-109; 1.121; 4-12, 1.065; 176-195, 181-183; MYRISTYL 262-267; ANTIFREEZEI 90-99; 1.153; 109-144, 1.18; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-208; HOMSERKINASE 255-270; 19-27, 1.08; 76-86, 1.126; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-122; ALA_RICH 223-263; 264-273, 1.186; 88-102, 1.11; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; MYRISTYL ANTIFREEZEI 73-84; rrm 41-60, 1.13; 103-108; MYRISTYL 259-264; 115-182; RRM 113-189; KV14CHANNEL 257-266; KV14CHANNEL 244-254; RRM 114-183; DEX0450_032.orf.5 N 0 - o1-304; 152-171, 1.121; 88-102, 1.11; MYRISTYL 285-290; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE RRM 114-183; 19-27, 1.08; 109-144, 1.18; 14-16; MYRISTYL 103-108; MYRISTYL ANTIFREEZEI 73-84; 76-86, 1.126; 236-245, 1.073; 13-18; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-183; RGD ANTIFREEZEI 90-99; rrm 176-195, 1.153; 255-261, 290-292; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-208; 115-182; RRM 113-189; 1.05; 41-60, 1.13; 263-271, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 294-297; 1.055; 223-234, 1.074; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-122; 4-12, 1.065; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 281-283; DEX0450_032.orf.6 N 0 - o1-304; 109-144, 1.18; 176-195, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 281-283; MYRISTYL RRM 113-189; RRM 114-183; 1.153; 88-102, 1.11; 103-108; RGD 290-292; ANTIFREEZEI 90-99; 263-271, 1.055; 236-245, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; rrm 115-182; 1.073; 19-27, 1.08; 41-60, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-183; MYRISTYL ANTIFREEZEI 73-84; 1.13; 255-261, 1.05; 223-234, 285-290; MYRISTYL 13-18; 1.074; 152-171, 1.121; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 205-208; 76-86, 1.126; 4-12, 1.065; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-122; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 294-297; DEX0450_032.orf.7 N 0 - o1-304; 255-261, 1.05; 88-102, 1.11; MYRISTYL 13-18; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE rrm 115-182; RPM 114-183; 152-171, 1.121; 76-86, 1.126; 205-208; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; RGD ANTIFREEZEI 90-99; 176-195, 1.153; 19-27, 1.08; 290-292; MYRISTYL 285-290; MYRISTYL RRM 113-189; 236-245, 1.073; 263-271, 103-108; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 281-283; ANTIFREEZEI 73-84; 1.055; 4-12, 1.065; 223-234, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 294-297; 1.074; 109-144, 1.18; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-183; 41-60, 1.13; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-122; DEX0450_033.aa.1 N 0 - o1-315; 231-237, 1.068; 208-213, MYRISTYL 64-69; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE TYPE2KERATIN 178-191; 1.081; 4-23, 1.174; 112-125, 274-277; MYRISTYL 85-90; TYPE2KERATIN 106-114; 1.087; 171-194, 1.127; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-12; SER_RICH 9-77; 39-62, 1.133; 144-167, 1.086; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; MYRISTYL 93-98; TYPE1KERATIN 181-194; 69-75, 1.05; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-113; TYPE1KERATIN 202-225; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 249-252; MYRISTYL TYPE2KERATIN 192-211; 81-86; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 268-270; filament 103-311; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-120; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 297-300; MYRISTYL 80-85; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 225-228; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 217-220; MYRISTYL 90-95; MYRISTYL 306-311; MYRISTYL 67-72; MYRISTYL 62-67; MYRISTYL 86-91; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 274-276; MYRISTYL 99-104; DEX0450_033.orf.1 N 0 - o1-296; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; filament 103-291; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-280; MYRISTYL TYPE2KERATIN 106-114; 85-90; MYRISTYL 86-91; MYRISTYL 62-67; TYPE1KERATIN 181-194; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-113; TYPE2KERATIN 192-211; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 272-275; MYRISTYL TYPE2KERATIN 178-191; 80-85; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 277-279; TYPE1KERATIN 202-225; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 225-228; MYRISTYL SER_RICH 9-77; 67-72; MYRISTYL 247-252; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 9-12; MYRISTYL 64-69; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 257-260; MYRISTYL 81-86; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 217-220; MYRISTYL 90-95; MYRISTYL 99-104; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 238-245; MYRISTYL 93-98; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-120; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; DEX0450_033.aa.2 N 0 - o1-267; 45-51, 1.05; 124-143, 1.086; MYRISTYL 57-62; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION TYPE2KERATIN 154-167; 147-154, 1.127; 16-38, 1.133; 256-259; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-96; TYPE2KERATIN 168-187; 222-232, 1.082; 160-167, MYRISTYL 38-43; MYRISTYL 75-80; filament 79-266; 1.03; 207-213, 1.068; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 193-196; MYRISTYL TYPE1KERATIN 178-201; 88-101, 1.087; 239-244, 66-71; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 4-6; TYPE1KERATIN 157-170; 1.085; MYRISTYL 61-66; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 86-89; TYPE2KERATIN 82-90; MYRISTYL 56-61; MYRISTYL 62-67; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 201-204; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 264-266; MYRISTYL 43-48; MYRISTYL 40-45; MYRISTYL 232-237; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 231-234; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 53-55; MYRISTYL 69-74; DEX0450_033.orf.2 N 0 - o1-454; 40-62, 1.133; 324-333, 1.082; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 225-228; TYPE2KERATIN 178-191; 8-24, 1.263; 231-237, 1.068; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 286-294; MYRISTYL TYPE2KERATIN 106-114; 246-264, 1.101; 266-273, 24-29; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 336-338; TYPE1KERATIN 257-277; 1.041; 184-191, 1.03; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 7-10; IF 401-409; 69-75, 1.05; 171-178, 1.127; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 319-322; MYRISTYL TYPE1KERATIN 329-344; 148-167, 1.086; 112-125, 86-91; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-113; TYPE1KERATIN 355-381; 1.087; 386-402, 1.115; MYRISTYL 99-104; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE filament 103-415; 302-314, 1.096; 363-372, 396-404; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-120; TYPE1KERATIN 181-194; 1.124; 439-445, 1.139; MYRISTYL 64-69; MYRISTYL 93-98; TYPE1KERATIN 202-225; 350-359, 1.092; MYRISTYL 85-90; MYRISTYL 314-319; TYPE2KERATIN 192-211; MYRISTYL 380-385; MYRISTYL 80-85; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 217-220; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 433-435; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 403-405; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 347-349; MYRISTYL 67-72; MYRISTYL 81-86; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 347-350; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 447-450; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 376-379; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 349-355; MYRISTYL 62-67; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; MYRISTYL 90-95; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 434-436; DEX0450_034.aa.1 N 0 - o1-104; 5-12, 1.07; 39-46, 1.064; 64-101, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 17-20; TYPE2KERATIN 3-15; 1.148; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; TYPE2KERATIN 48-61; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 60-63; MYRISTYL 49-54; DEX0450_035.aa.1 N 0 - o1-768; 496-513, 1.103; 269-281, MYRISTYL 22-27; MYRISTYL 706-711; ADENYLTKNASE 603-617; 1.132; 67-77, 1.072; MYRISTYL 271-276; MYRISTYL 447-452; SPRY 288-406; ATP_GTP_A 606-611, 1.067; 759-765, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 492-494; 447-454; GLY_RICH 646-737; 1.083; 419-426, 1.104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 48-50; ADENYLTKNASE 444-457; 585-601, 1.125; 618-623, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-64; MYRISTYL ATP_GTP_A 142-149; 1.045; 439-446, 1.119; 668-673; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 596-599; SPRY 274-406; SPRY 274-406; 125-136, 1.043; 534-541, MYRISTYL 368-373; MYRISTYL 686-691; 1.114; 348-354, 1.125; MYRISTYL 717-722; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 214-219, 1.076; 521-530, 709-711; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 560-562; 1.068; 152-164, 1.163; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 582-585; 692-704, 1.1; 572-578, 1.138; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 584-587; 359-365, 1.093; 407-417, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 633-635; 1.075; 284-297, 1.141; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 475-478; 544-553, 1.231; 10-21, 1.128; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 636-639; MYRISTYL 321-335, 1.08; 27-46, 1.178; 664-669; MYRISTYL 164-169; 299-305, 1.062; 227-244, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 638-640; MYRISTYL 1.195; 48-54, 1.032; 328-333; MYRISTYL 751-756; 370-401, 1.222; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 526-529; MYRISTYL 3-8; MYRISTYL 665-670; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 740-743; MYRISTYL 733-738; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 90-93; MYRISTYL 25-30; MYRISTYL 629-634; MYRISTYL 312-317; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 616-618; MYRISTYL 168-173; MYRISTYL 647-652; MYRISTYL 683-688; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 76-78; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 325-327; MYRISTYL 687-692; MYRISTYL 660-665; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 630-632; MYRISTYL 685-690; MYRISTYL 265-270; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 284-286; MYRISTYL 450-455; MYRISTYL 684-689; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-83; DEX0450_035.orf.1 N 0 - o1-793; 236-244, 1.076; 294-306, MYRISTYL 50-55; MYRISTYL 353-358; ADENYLTKNASE 628-642; 1.132; 373-379, 1.125; MYRISTYL 393-398; MYRISTYL 776-781; GLY_RICH 671-762; SPRY 36-44, 1.103; 631-636, 1.067; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 106-108; 299-431; SPRY 299-431; 252-269, 1.195; 546-556, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 517-519; SPRY 313-431; 1.068; 643-648, 1.045; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 655-657; ADENYLTKNASE 469-482; 395-426, 1.222; 464-471, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 350-352; ATP_GTP_A 472-479; 1.119; 559-566, 1.114; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 621-624; ATP_GTP_A 167-174; 717-729, 1.1; 73-79, 1.032; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 607-610; MYRISTYL 569-578, 1.231; 444-452, 21-26; MYRISTYL 689-694; MYRISTYL 1.104; 521-538, 1.103; 15-20; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 734-736; 4-15, 1.069; 52-71, 1.178; MYRISTYL 25-30; MYRISTYL 193-198; 324-332, 1.062; 150-161, MYRISTYL 709-714; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.043; 597-604, 1.138; 86-89; MYRISTYL 742-747; 610-626, 1.125; 384-390, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 551-554; MYRISTYL 1.093; 346-360, 1.08; 290-295; MYRISTYL 685-690; 309-322, 1.141; 784-790, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 663-665; MYRISTYL 1.083; 92-102, 1.072; 711-716; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 765-768; 177-189, 1.163; 432-442, MYRISTYL 731-736; MYRISTYL 693-698; 1.075; MYRISTYL 189-194; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 609-612; MYRISTYL 758-763; MYRISTYL 690-695; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 101-103; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 661-664; MYRISTYL 710-715; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 309-311; MYRISTYL 708-713; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 500-503; MYRISTYL 337-342; MYRISTYL 712-717; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 585-587; MYRISTYL 7-12; MYRISTYL 672-677; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 115-118; MYRISTYL 472-477; MYRISTYL 654-659; MYRISTYL 296-301; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 658-660; MYRISTYL 475-480; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 73-75; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 641-643; DEX0450_036.aa.1 N 0 - o1-325; 152-159, 1.096; 4-38, 1.178; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 102-110; sp_P34932_HS74_HUMAN 105-128, 1.122; 188-198, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 276-278; 198-269; 1.097; 262-277, 1.145, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 260-263; sp_Q92598_H105_HUMAN 165-174, 1.106; 242-250, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 221-224; 42-169; 1.118; 55-76, 1.156; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 201-207; 219-224, 1.06; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 137-140; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-16; DEX0450_037.aa.1 N 0 —i1-131; 47-70, 1.153; 73-84, 1.132; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 56-59; sp_P18758_TYB4_XENLA 26-41, 1.214; 10-20, 1.057; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 89-91; 94-131; THY 94-130; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 87-90; THYMOSIN_B4 105-116; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 12-15; Thymosin 89-129; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 80-82; DEX0450_037.orf.1 N 0 - o1-116; 11-26, 1.214; 32-55, 1.153; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 41-44; THYMOSIN_B4 90-101; 58-69, 1.132; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-3; sp_P18758_TYB4_XENLA PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; 79-116; Thymosin 74-114; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 72-75; THY 79-115; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 74-76; DEX0450_038.aa.1 N 0 - o1-63; 33-46, 1.084; 16-25, 1.113; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 47-50; 4-11; 1.205; 48-60, 1.193; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-9; DEX0450_038.orf.1 N 0 - o1-97; 4-27, 1.171; 32-47, 1.134; 49-59, 1.215; DEX0450_039.aa.1 N 0 - o1-163; 106-113, 1.134; 120-132, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; Clathrin_lg_ch 1-145; 1.156; 134-160, 1.207; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-69; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 1-123; 15-25, 1.122; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-30; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 101-104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-33; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 134-136; DEX0450_039.orf.1 Y 0 - o1-283; 227-234, 1.134; 75-82, 1.094; MYRISTYL 113-118; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_2 25-44, 1.186; 5-22, 1.155; 222-225; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 253-255; 242-255; 95-100, 1.052; 247-257, MYRISTYL 3-8; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 141-144; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 1.142; 263-280, 1.207; MYRISTYL 120-125; MYRISTYL 23-28; 71-257; Clathrin_lg_ch 136-146, 1.122; 47-55, 1.039; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 171-173; 46-260; MYRISTYL 63-68; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 148-151; MYRISTYL 51-56; MYRISTYL 78-84; 25-30; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-154; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 184-190; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 237-239; MYRISTYL 65-70; DEX0450_039.aa.2 N 0 - o1-222; 82-93, 1.122; 174-181, 1.134; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 216-219; MYRISTYL sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 52-58, 1.052; 32-41, 1.094, 8-13; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 202-204; 28-191; 4-12, 1.039; 188-202, 1.156; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 68-70; MYRISTYL CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 215-220; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 131-137; 35-41; Clathrin_lg_ch CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 88-91; MYRISTYL 22-27; 3-203; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 99-101; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 184-186; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 95-98; MYRISTYL 20-25; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 169-172; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 118-120; DEX0450_039.orf.2 y 0 - o1-250; 125-135, 1.122; 216-223, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 226-228; CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_2 1.134; 236-247, 1.142; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 78-80; 231-244; Clathrin_lg_ch 5-14, 1.175; 16-61, 1.224; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-112; 49-249; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 173-179; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 137-140; 94-248; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-83; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 141-143; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 130-133; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 211-214; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 160-162; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 1-4; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 242-244; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-93; DEX0450_039.aa.3 N 0 —i1-142; 127-134, 1.06; 86-93, 1.094; MYRISTYL 62-67; AMIDATION 137-140; CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 16-33, 1.186; 106-112, 1.052; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 133-135; 89-95; 58-66, 1.039; 36-55, 1.186; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 134-137; sp_P08081_CLCA_RAT 82-117; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 137-139; MYRISTYL 76-81; MYRISTYL 34-39; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-3; MYRISTYL 74-79; MYRISTYL 36-41; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 122-124; DEX0450_039.orf.3 N 0 - o1-220; 36-55, 1.186; 106-111, 1.052; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-184; MYRISTYL sp_O08585_CLCA_MOUSE 16-33, 1.186; 58-66, 1.039; 62-67; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 143-149; 127-218; 86-93, 1.094; 186-193, 1.134; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 196-198; MYRISTYL CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 206-217, 1.142; 34-39; MYRISTYL 124-129; 89-95; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 212-214; CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_2 PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 130-132; MYRISTYL 201-214; Clathrin_lg_ch 36-41; MYRISTYL 76-81; MYRISTYL 74-79; 57-219; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-3; DEX0450_039.aa.4 N 0 - o1-111; 87-105, 1.126; 14-25, 1.122; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 1-102; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-30; Clathrin_lg_ch 1-111; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 105-107; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-69; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 84-91; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-33; MYRISTYL DEX0450_039.orf.4 Y 0 - o1-236; 29-48, 1.186; 5-26, 1.186; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 188-194; Clathrin_lg_ch 50-236; 216-230, 1.126; 79-86, 1.094; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 230-232; MYRISTYL sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 99-104, 1.052; 51-59, 1.039; 29-34; MYRISTYL 69-74; 75-227; 140-150, 1.122; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 209-216; MYRISTYL CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 124-129; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 145-148; 82-88; MYRISTYL 229-234; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 156-158; MYRISTYL 117-122; MYRISTYL 27-32; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-155; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-177; MYRISTYL 55-60; MYRISTYL 67-72; DEX0450_039.aa.5 N 0 - o1-211; 146-178, 1.243; 201-208, MYRISTYL 203-208; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE Clathrin_lg_ch 1-135; 1.162; 120-132, 1.156; 101-104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 1-123; 106-113, 1.134; 15-25, 1.122; AMIDATION 181-184; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-30; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 134-136; AMIDATION 184-187; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-33; AMIDATION 195-198; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-69; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 181-183; DEX0450_039.orf.5 Y 0 - o1-263; MYRISTYL 27-32; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 156-158; MYRISTYL 69-74; MYRISTYL 82-88; 29-34; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-155; CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_2 PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-243; 246-259; MICROBODIES_CTER 261-263; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 226-229; MYRISTYL 75-261; Clathrin_lg_ch 55-60; MYRISTYL 124-129; 50-261; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-177; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 188-194; MYRISTYL 67-72; MYRISTYL 117-122; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 257-259; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 145-148; DEX0450_039.aa.6 N 0 - o1-150; 119-127, 1.056; 132-147, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-52; Clathrin_lg_ch 1-145; 1.204; 15-25, 1.122; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 131-133; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 1-121; 106-113, 1.134; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 27-30; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 101-104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-119; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 63-69; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 130-132; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-23; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 31-33; DEX0450_039.orf.6 Y 0 - o1-269; 29-48, 1.186; 244-254, 1.069; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 188-194; MYRISTYL Clathrin_lg_ch 50-261; 257-266, 1.185; 79-86, 1.094; 55-60; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-243; sp_P09496_CLCA_HUMAN 99-104, 1.052; 51-59, 1.039; MYRISTYL 117-122; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 75-246; 231-238, 1.134; 5-26, 1.186; 156-158; MYRISTYL 69-74; CLATHRIN_LIGHT_CHN_1 140-150, 1.122; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 226-229; MYRISTYL 82-88; 67-72; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 255-257; MYRISTYL 124-129; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-155; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-177; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 145-148; MYRISTYL 27-32; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 242-244; MYRISTYL 29-34; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 256-258; DEX0450_040.aa.1 Y 0 - o1-152; 131-149, 1.148; 108-121, MYRISTYL 40-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-31; LYSOZYME 20-38; LYZLACT 1.158; 4-30, 1.234; 72-78, MYRISTYL 90-95; 21-31; LYZLACT 123-134; 1.044; 89-105, 1.181; 45-51, LYSOZYME 89-99; LYZLACT 1.067; 69-85; LACTALBUMIN 122-131; LYSOZYME 100-115; LACTALBUMIN 100-111; LYSOZYME 122-131; LACTALBUMIN_LYSOZYME 95-113; LACTALBUMIN 27-47; LYZ1 19-143; LYZLACT 41-50; lys 19-142; LYZLACT 93-102; LYSOZYME 51-63; LYZLACT 103-118; DEX0450_041.aa.1 N 5 - o1-28; 141-175, 1.216; 58-105, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 172-175; MYRISTYL ERLUMENR 122-140; tm29-46; 1.201; 113-131, 1.153; 150-155; MYRISTYL 14-19; ERLUMENR 150-165; i47-57; 15-49, 1.224; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 80-83; MYRISTYL ER_lumen_recept 31-168; tm58-75; 122-127; AMIDATION 170-173; sp_O99JH8_O99JH8_MOUSE o76-84; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-60; MYRISTYL 9-14; 71-178; ERLUMENR 86-106; tm85-104; MYRISTYL 54-59; ER_LUMEN_RECEPTOR_2 92-101; i105-116; ERLUMENR 108-122; tm117-134; o135-143; tm144-166; i167-178; DEX0450_041.orf.1 N 0 - o1-183; 76-90, 1.167; 126-147, 1.158; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 90-92; 36-73, 1.211; 7-26, 1.168; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 113-115; 162-172, 1.186; 98-112, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 151-154; 1.187; DEX0450_042.aa.1 N 0 - o1-742; 144-163, 1.095; 6-21, 1.176; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 625-627; PRICHEXTENSN 189-201; 104-119, 1.109; 238-300, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 426-428; MYRISTYL HISTONEH5 708-727; 1.255; 187-196, 1.107; 723-728; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-94; PRICHEXTENSN 328-345; 530-544, 1.055; 47-57, 1.112; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 46-49; TREACLE 364-377; 200-209, 1.03; 384-391, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 49-52; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 420-445; 1.114; 353-364, 1.092; 270-275; MYRISTYL 727-732; SER_RICH_2 364-569; 643-649, 1.039; 394-399, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 712-714; SER_RICH_1 217-231; 1.026; 217-225, 1.027; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 564-567; TREACLE 158-176; 61-68, 1.052; 27-33, 1.05; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 512-515; TREACLE 385-408; 493-505, 1.11; 615-624, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 176-179; SRP40_C 644-739; 1.174; 331-345, 1.109; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 61-63; HISTONEH5 612-636; 729-737, 1.119; 433-462, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 368-371; HISTONEH5 547-568; 1.09; 72-78, 1.061; 702-707, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 487-489; 1.073; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 192-194; MYRISTYL 508-513; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 724-726; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 404-407; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 314-317; MYRISTYL 114-119; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 662-665; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 493-495; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 86-89; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 551-553; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 606-609; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 41-44; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 481-483; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 305-308; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 315-318; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 133-136; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 561-564; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 304-306; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 313-316; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 274-277; MYRISTYL 267-272; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 231-234; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 467-470; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 437-439; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 226-229; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 563-566; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 376-379; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 476-479; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 590-593; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 392-394; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 375-378; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 227-230; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 519-522; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 521-524; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 174-177; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 721-724; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-178; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 514-517; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 413-416; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 168-171; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 59-62; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 309-312; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 431-433; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 84-87; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 520-523; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 248-250; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 461-463; MYRISTYL 425-430; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 239-241; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 128-131; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 81-84; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 364-367; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 528-530; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 409-412; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 134-137; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 469-472; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 429-432; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 475-478; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 569-572; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 170-173; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 474-477; MYRISTYL 543-548; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 92-95; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 718-720; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 414-417; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 308-311; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 129-132; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 374-377; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 581-583; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 736-738; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 568-571; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 468-471; DEX0450_042.aa.2 N 0 - o1-288; 4-10, 1.142; 189-195, 1.039; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 208-211; HISTONEH5 254-273; 248-253, 1.073; 211-216, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 74-76; MYRISTYL 89-94; HISTONEH5 192-206; 1.044; 273-283, 1.119; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-61; HISTONEH5 93-114; 161-170, 1.174; 18-48, 1.145; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-113; HISTONEH5 158-182; 76-90, 1.055; 92-97, 1.037; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 136-139; SRP40_C 190-285; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-16; SER_RICH 40-115; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 60-63; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 127-129; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 48-51; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 282-284; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 46-49; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 270-272; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 264-266; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-117; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 109-112; MYRISTYL 273-278; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 258-260; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 66-69; MYRISTYL 55-60; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 171-173; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 152-155; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 107-110; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 115-118; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-68; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 97-99; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 267-270; MYRISTYL 269-274; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 67-70; DEX0450_042.orf.2 N 0 - o1-265; 53-67, 1.055; 188-193, 1.044; MYRISTYL 246-251; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE SRP40_C 167-262; 4-25, 1.145; 166-172, 1.039; 259-261; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 235-237; HISTONEH5 135-159; 30-36, 1.049; 69-75, 1.037; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 51-53; HISTONEH5 231-250; 250-260, 1.119; 138-148, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 241-243; HISTONEH5 169-183; 1.174; 225-231, 1.073; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 91-94; HISTONEH5 70-91; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 247-249; MYRISTYL SER_RICH 17-92; 66-71; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 92-95; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-28; MYRISTYL 32-37; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 129-132; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 42-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 74-76; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 35-38; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 113-116; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 87-90; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 84-87; MYRISTYL 250-255; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 37-40; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 244-247; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2-5; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-47; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 104-106; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 43-46; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 148-150; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 86-89; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 185-188; DEX0450_043.aa.1 N 6 - o1-341; 400-406, 1.115; 338-369, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 670-673; tm342-364; 1.239; 88-110, 1.146; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 853-856; i365-467; 588-593, 1.048; 1145-1158, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 133-135; tm468-490; 1.115; 790-818, 1.196; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 695-697; MYRISTYL o491-518; 1116-1138, 1.163; 55-63, 24-29; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 131-134; tm519-541; 1.089; 720-735, 1.157; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 227-230; i542-552; 1002-1016, 1.101; 1175-1218, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 369-372; tm553-571; 1.159; 256-266, 1.095; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 459-462; MYRISTYL o572-625; 268-301, 1.237; 188-205, 142-147; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 368-370; tm626-648; 1.179; 529-546, 1.156; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 373-376; MYRISTYL i649-652; 854-876, 1.095; 612-659, 707-712; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 375-378; tm653-675; 1.215; 235-253, 1.121; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 146-149; MYRISTYL o676-1276; 946-951, 1.1; 464-506, 1.236; 1017-1022; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 952-954; 129-148, 1.164; 509-523, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 677-679; 1.086; 889-896, 1.088; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1090-1092; 898-932, 1.166; 415-457, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 837-840; MYRISTYL 1.183; 578-585, 1.166; 1170-1175; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 957-960; 825-845, 1.13; 30-50, 1.175; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 960-962; 306-315, 1.184; 19-26, 1.081; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 889-891; 1096-1109, 1.131; 217-229, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 932-935; 1.175; 1221-1228, 1.117; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 286-288; MYRISTYL 1052-1087, 1.186; 150-158, 691-696; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 215-218; 1.126; 4-9, 1.162; 978-1000, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 955-957; 1.174; 961-968, 1.082; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 682-684; 663-675, 1.207; 743-774, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 323-326; 1.125; 1021-1037, 1.137; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 690-693; MYRISTYL 73-81, 1.18; 1258-1265, 428-433; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 190-193; 1.058; 700-709, 1.094; 112-127, 1.127; 552-572, 1.144; DEX0450_043.orf.1 Y 1 —i1-8; 254-288, 1.166; 19-31, 1.207; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 6-8; tm9-31; 4-15, 1.144; 99-130, 1.125; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 446-448; o32-632; 334-356, 1.174; 181-201, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-40; MYRISTYL 1.13; 614-621, 1.058; 373-378; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 308-310; 472-494, 1.163; 210-232, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 209-212; MYRISTYL 1.095; 317-324, 1.082; 526-531; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 26-29; 531-574, 1.159; 358-372, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 193-196; 1.101; 245-252, 1.088; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 33-35; MYRISTYL 47-52; 501-514, 1.115; 302-307, 1.1; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 313-316; 76-91, 1.157; 452-465, 1.131; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 288-291; 377-393, 1.137; 408-443, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 51-53; 1.186; 56-65, 1.094; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 311-313; 146-174, 1.196; 577-584, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 46-49; MYRISTYL 1.117; 63-68; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 245-247; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 316-318; DEX0450_044.aa.1 Y 0 - o1-159; 120-125, 1.058; 137-151, ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 94-97; 1.11; 83-89, 1.037; 4-46, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 96-98; 1.193; 98-107, 1.055; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 126-129; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 55-58; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 17-19; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-112; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 19-22; DEX0450_044.aa.2 N 3 —i1-71; 237-243, 1.037; 168-200, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 280-283; tm72-94; 1.193; 252-261, 1.055; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 65-67; o95-108; 41-51, 1.164; 291-305, 1.11; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 36-39; MYRISTYL 2-7; tm109-131; 160-165, 1.057; 102-115, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 95-97; MYRISTYL i132-168; 1.197; 274-279, 1.058; 33-38; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 264-266; tm169-188; 72-96, 1.297; 17-25, 1.075; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 248-251; o189-313; 117-137, 1.293; 7-14, 1.091; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 144-146; 57-63, 1.057; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 209-212; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 250-252; MYRISTYL 53-58; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-26; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 21-23; DEX0450_044.aa.3 Y 3 —i1-6; 224-270, 1.239; 101-133, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 142-145; tm7-29; 1.193; 170-176, 1.037; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 197-199; o30-43; 185-194, 1.055; 293-298, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 77-79; tm44-63; 1.072; 93-98, 1.057; 50-70, CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 213-216; i64-101; 1.293; 35-48, 1.197; 207-212, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 260-262; tm102-121; 1.058; 277-290, 1.265; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 181-184; o122-301; 5-29, 1.297; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 278-281; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 183-185; DEX0450_045.aa.1 N 0 - o1-98; PCK_PHOSPHO_SITE 20-22; NONHISHMG17 57-71; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-28; NONHISHMG17 85-95; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 49-52; MYRISTYL 2-7; NONHISHMG17 72-84; MYRISTYL 16-21; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 73-76; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 76-78; AMIDATION 38-41; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 68-70; DEX0450_045.orf.1 N 0 - o1-130; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 73-75; HISTAMINEH3R 5-20; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 80-82; MYRISTYL PRICHEXTENSN 3-15; 124-129; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 11-13; PRO_RICH 3-84; MYRISTYL 51-56; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE PRICHEXTENSN 26-47; 101-104; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 40-42; HISTAMINEH3R 81-107; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 125-127; PRICHEXTENSN 49-65; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 59-61; PRICHEXTENSN 66-83; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 86-88; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 125-128; DEX0450_046.aa.1 N 0 - o1-260; 247-253, 1.054; 23-48, 1.204; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 132-134; MYRISTYL RRM 107-184; rrm 109-179; 75-83, 1.044; 239-244, 1.043; 105-110; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 13-16; RRM 108-180; 219-226, 1.11; 149-155, MRISTYL 117-122; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1.064; 60-66, 1.121; 15-17; MYRISTYL 18-23; 133-141, 1.104; 89-94, 1.029; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 112-115; MYRISTYL 179-186, 1.105; 168-173, 101-106; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 184-187; 1.075; 105-121, 1.209; MRISTYL 232-237; MYRISTYL 97-102; 123-130, 1.041; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 119-122; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 242-245; MYRISTYL 21-26; MYRISTYL 200-205; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 143-145; DEX0450_046.orf.1 N 0 - o1-243; AMIDATION 44-47; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE rrm 94-164; RRM 92-169; 54-57; MYRISTYL 34-39; MYRISTYL 185-190; RRM 93-165; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 201-203; AMIDATION 52-55; MYRISTYL 43-48; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 93-95; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 225-228; MYRISTYL 215-220; MYRISTYL 102-107; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 169-172; RGD 87-89; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 76-78; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 104-107; MYRISTYL 193-198; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 68-70; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-4; MYRISTYL 200-205; MYRISTYL 30-35; MYRISTYL 196-201; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 117-119; MYRISTYL 39-44; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-47; MYRISTYL 38-43; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-46; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 128-130; DEX0450_047.aa.1 N 0 - o1-428; 300-316, 1.166; 158-176, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 282-284; ENDOLAPTASE 231-247; 1.167; 178-201, 1.106; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 355-357; MYRISTYL ENDOLAPTASE 348-367; 246-252, 1.107; 351-363, 236-241; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-25; ENDOLAPTASE 371-389; 1.107; 324-337, 1.16; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 318-321; FMOXYGENASE 90-106; 389-397, 1.093; 371-383, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 56-58; ENDOLAPTASE 318-337; 1.222; 23-29, 1.068; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 109-112; LON_SER 321-329; 120-155, 1.174; 203-209, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 318-320; MYRISTYL FMOXYGENASE 343-360; 1.065; 268-277, 1.076; 98-103; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 10-12; 284-297, 1.059; 399-415, PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 120-122; 1.154; 227-237, 1.151; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 30-33; MYRISTYL 81-99, 1.188; 212-223, 1.117; 232-237; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 113-116; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 2-5; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 252-254; DEX0450_047.orf.1 N 0 - o1-287; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-7; TONB_DEPENDENT_REC_1 1-68; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 177-179; ENDOLAPTASE 177-196; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 4-7; ENDOLAPTASE 90-106; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 141-143; MYRISTYL ENDOLAPTASE 230-248; 95-100; MYRISTYL 5-10; LON_SER 180-188; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 111-113; ENDOLAPTASE 207-226; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 177-180; LEUCINE_ZIPPER 5-26; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 214-216; MYRISTYL 91-96; DEX0450_048.aa.1 N 0 - o1-247; 36-42, 1.056; 92-106, 1.093; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 133-136; TCOMPLEXTCP1 136-148; 16-34, 1.191; 220-226, 1.066; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 119-122; TCOMPLEXTCP1 102-124; 120-130, 1.078; 133-140, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 59-62; MYRISTYL cpn60_TCP1 1-245; 1.074; 161-183, 1.131; 203-208; MYRISTYL 207-212; 228-244, 1.126; 64-81, 1.201; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 116-118; 4-9, 1.114; 148-153, 1.049; DEX0450_048.orf.1 N 0 - o1-154; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 40-43; MYRISTYL TCOMPLEXTCP1 43-55; 47-52; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 26-29; TCOMPLEXTCP1 9-31; MYRISTYL 110-115; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-25; MYRISTYL 51-56; MYRISTYL 114-119; DEX0450_049.aa.1 N 0 - o1-269; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-21; sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 27-30; 143-266; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-65; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 236-239; MYRISTYL 57-62; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 60-63; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 25-27; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 76-79; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 98-100; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 94-97; AMIDATION 48-51; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 58-61; MYRISTYL 215-220; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 68-71; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 99-102; AMIDATION 75-78; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 48-50; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 239-242; MYRISTYL 95-100; MYRISTYL 94-99; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 110-113; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 145-147; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 7-15; AMIDATION 124-127; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 53-55; MYRISTYL 229-234; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 175-178; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 112-115; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 32-35; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-31; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 76-78; MYRISTYL 45-50; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 112-114; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 50-53; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 146-149; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 127-135; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 29-32; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 51-54; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 114-117; DEX0450_049.orf.1 N 0 - o1-138; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 3-5; sp_O60568_PLO3_HUMAN TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-13; 21-138; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 23-25; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 24-27; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 53-56; MYRISTYL 73-78; MYRISTYL 95-100; DEX0450_050.aa.1 Y 4 —i1-25; 12-50, 1.341; 189-197, 1.212; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 187-190; Mtp 32-226; tm26-48; 213-228, 1.15; 114-140, CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 196-199; o49-71; 1.199; 146-182, 1.264; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 54-57; tm72-94; 72-89, 1.185; 99-112, 1.16; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 186-194; i95-100; 200-207, 1.154; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 230-232; tm101-123; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 56-59; o124-154; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 167-169; tm155-177; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 198-201; i178-233; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 128-131; MYRISTYL 214-219; DEX0450_050.orf.1 N 4 —i1-109; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 14-16; Mtp 116-305; tm110-132; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 58-60; MYRISTYL 43-48; o133-155; MYRISTYL 54-59; MYRISTYL 47-52; tm156-178; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 30-32; i179-184; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 140-143; tm185-207; TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 270-278; MYRISTYL o208-238; 48-53; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 138-141; tm239-261; MYRISTYL 298-303; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE i262-319; 280-283; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 12-15; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 282-285; MYRISTYL 49-54; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 271-274; MYRISTYL 61-66; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 66-69; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 251-253; MYRISTYL 57-62; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 212-215; MYRISTYL 51-56; DEX0450_051.aa.1 N 0 - o1-76; 18-18, 1.155; 66-73, 1.117; MYRISTYL 25-30; MYRISTYL 9-14; 23-61, 1.206; MYRISTYL 5-10; MYRISTYL 16-21; DEX0450_051.orf.1 Y 0 - o1-72; 53-69, 1.054; 4-14, 1.166; MYRISTYL 35-40; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION ANTIFREEZEI 52-61; 42-49, 1.071; 27-37, 1.155; 52-55; MYRISTYL 24-29; ANTIFREEZEI 18-32; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 18-21; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 15-17; MYRISTYL 28-33; MYRISTYL 44-49; DEX0450_051.aa.2 N 0 - o1-61; 11-46, 1.206; 51-58, 1.117; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 13-16; DEX0450_051.orf.2 N 0 - o1-57; 6-15, 1.118; 19-42, 1.206; 47-54, 1.117; DEX0450_052.aa.1 N 0 - o1-267; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-8; NAP 10-208; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 5-7; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 149-151; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 144-147; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 160-162; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 128-131; MYRISTYL 251-256; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 95-98; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 134-136; MYRISTYL 64-69; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 90-93; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 144-146; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 150-153; DEX0450_052.orf.1 N 0 - o1-148; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 22-25; NAP 1-102; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 1-3; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 28-30; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 141-144; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-41; CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE 44-47; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 43-45; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 54-56; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 38-40; DEX0450_053.aa.1 Y 4 —i1-25; 226-231, 1.116; 12-50, 1.341; PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE 175-177; Mtp 32-234; tm26-48; 208-215, 1.154; 154-190, TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE 194-202; o49-79; 1.264; 107-120, 1.16; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 56-59; tm80-102; 78-97, 1.185; 197-205, 1.212; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 195-198; i103-108; 71-76, 1.085; 122-148, 1.199; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 75-78; tm109-131; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 206-209; o132-162; ASN_GLYCOSYLATION 54-57; tm163-185; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 136-139; i186-234; CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE 204-207;

Example 1b Sequence Alignment Support

Alignments between previously identified sequences and splice variant sequences are performed to confirm unique portions of splice variant nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. The alignments are done using the Needle program in the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (EMBOSS) version 2.2.0 available at www.emboss.org from EMBnet (http://www.embnet.org). Default settings are used unless otherwise noted. The Needle program in EMBOSS implements the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm. Needleman, S. B., Wunsch, C. D., J. Mol. Biol. 48:443-453 (1970).

It is well know to those skilled in the art that implication of alignment algorithms by various programs may result in minor changes in the generated output. These changes include but are not limited to: alignment scores (percent identity, similarity, and gap), display of nonaligned flanking sequence regions, and number assignment to residues. These minor changes in the output of an alignment do not alter the physical characteristics of the sequences or the differences between the sequences, e.g. regions of homology, insertions, or deletions.

Example 1c RT-PCR Analysis

To detect the presence and tissue distribution of a particular splice variant Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is performed using cDNA generated from a panel of tissue RNAs. See, e.g., Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1989) and; Kawasaki ES et al., PNAS 85(15):5698 (1988). Total RNA is extracted from a variety of tissues and first strand cDNA is prepared with reverse transcriptase (RT). Each panel includes 23 cDNAs from five cancer types (lung, ovary, breast, colon, and prostate) and normal samples of testis, placenta and fetal brain. Each cancer set is composed of three cancer cDNAs from different donors and one normal pooled sample. Using a standard enzyme kit from BD Bioscience Clontech (Mountain View, Calif.), the target transcript is detected with sequence-specific primers designed to only amplify the particular splice variant. The PCR reaction is run on the GeneAmp PCR system 9700 (Applied Biosystem, Foster City, Calif.) thermocycler under optimal conditions. One of ordinary skill can design appropriate primers and determine optimal conditions. The amplified product is resolved on an agarose gel to detect a band of equivalent size to the predicted RT-PCR product. A band indicated the presence of the splice variant in a sample. The relation of the amplified product to the splice variant was subsequently confirmed by DNA sequencing.

After subcloning, all positively screened clones are sequence verified. The DNA sequence verification results show the splice variant contains the predicted sequence differences in comparison with the reference sequence.

Results for RT-PCR analysis in the table below include the sequence DEX ID, Lead Name, Cancer Tissue(s) the transcript was detected in, Normal Tissue(s) the transcript was detected in, the predicted length of the RT-PCR product, and the Confirmed Length of the RT-PCR product. Pre- Con- Lead Cancer Normal dicted firmed DEX ID Name Tissue(s) Tissue(s) Length Length DEX0450_007.nt.1 Cln260 Prostate Ovary 365 bp 365 bp

RT-PCR results confirm the presence SEQ ID NO: 1-94 in biologic samples and distinguish between related transcripts.

Example 1d Secretion Assay

To determine if a protein encoded by a splice variant is secreted from cells a secretion assay is preformed. A pcDNA3.1 clone containing the gene transcript which encodes the variant protein is transfected into 293T cells using the Superfect transfection reagent (Qiagen, Valencia Calif.). Transfected cells are incubated for 28 hours before the media is collected and immediately spun down to remove any detached cells. The adherent cells are solubilized with lysis buffer (1% NP40, 10 mM sodium phosphate pH7.0, and 0.15M NaCl). The lysed cells are collected and spun down and the supernatant extracted as cell lysate. Western immunoblot is carried out in the following manner: 15 μl of the cell lysate and media are run on 4-12% NuPage Bis-Tris gel (Invitrogen, Carlsbad Calif.), and blotted onto a PVDF membrane (Invitrogen, Carlsbad Calif.). The blot is incubated with a polyclonal primary antibody which binds to the variant protein (Imgenex, San Diego Calif.) and polyclonal goat anti-rabbit-peroxidase secondary antibody (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis Mo.). The blot is developed with the ECL Plus chemiluminescent detection reagent (Amersham BioSciences, Piscataway N.J.).

Secretion assay results are indicative of SEQ ID NO: 95-248 being a diagnostic marker and/or therapeutic target for cancer.

Example 2a Gene Expression Analysis

Custom Microarray Experiment—Cancer

Custom oligonucleotide microarrays were provided by Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.). The microarrays were fabricated by Agilent using their technology for the in-situ synthesis of 60 mer oligonucleotides (Hughes, et al. 2001, Nature Biotechnology 19:342-347). The 60 mer microarray probes were designed by Agilent, from gene sequences provided by diaDexus, using Agilent proprietary algorithms. Whenever possible two different 60 mers were designed for each gene of interest.

All microarray experiments were two-color experiments and were preformed using Agilent-recommended protocols and reagents. Briefly, each microarray was hybridized with cRNAs synthesized from RNA (total RNA for ovarian and prostate, polyA+RNA for lung, breast and colon samples), isolated from cancer and normal tissues, labeled with fluorescent dyes Cyanine3 (Cy3) or Cyanine5 (CyS) (NEN Life Science Products, Inc., Boston, Mass.) using a linear amplification method (Agilent). In each experiment the experimental sample was RNA isolated from cancer tissue from a single individual and the reference sample was a pool of RNA isolated from normal tissues of the same organ as the cancerous tissue (i.e. normal ovarian tissue in experiments with ovarian cancer samples). Hybridizations were carried out at 60° C., overnight using Agilent in-situ hybridization buffer. Following washing, arrays were scanned with a GenePix 4000B Microarray Scanner (Axon Instruments, Inc., Union City, Calif.). The resulting images were analyzed with GenePix Pro 3.0 Microarray Acquisition and Analysis Software (Axon).

Data normalization and expression profiling were done with Expressionist software from GeneData Inc. (Daly City, Calif./Basel, Switzerland). Gene expression analysis was performed using only experiments that met certain quality criteria. The quality criteria that experiments must meet are a combination of evaluations performed by the Expressionist software and evaluations performed manually using raw and normalized data. To evaluate raw data quality, detection limits (the mean signal for a replicated negative control +2 Standard Deviations (SD)) for each channel were calculated. The detection limit is a measure of non-specific hybridization. Acceptable detection limits were defined for each dye (<80 for CyS and <150 for Cy3). Arrays with poor detection limits in one or both channels were not analyzed and the experiments were repeated. To evaluate normalized data quality, positive control elements included in the array were utilized. These array features should have a mean ratio of 1 (no differential expression). If these features have a mean ratio of greater than 1.5-fold up or down, the experiments were not analyzed further and were repeated. In addition to traditional scatter plots demonstrating the distribution of signal in each experiment, the Expressionist software also has minimum thresholding criteria that employ user defined parameters to identify quality data. These thresholds include two distinct quality measurements: 1) minimum area percentage, which is a measure of the integrity of each spot and 2) signal to noise ratio, which ensures that the signal being measured is significantly above any background (nonspecific) signal present. Only those features that met the threshold criteria were included in the filtering and analyses carried out by Expressionist. The thresholding settings employed require a minimum area percentage of 60% [(% pixels>background+2SD)−(% pixels saturated)], and a minimum signal to noise ratio of 2.0 in both channels. By these criteria, very low expressors, saturated features and spots with abnormally high local background were not included in analysis.

Relative expression data was collected from Expressionist based on filtering and clustering analyses. Up-regulated genes were identified using criteria for the percentage of experiments in which the gene is up-regulated by at least 2-fold. In general, up-regulation in ˜30% of samples tested was used as a cutoff for filtering.

Two microarray experiments were preformed for each normal and cancer tissue pair. The tissue specific Array Chip for each cancer tissue is a unique microarray specific to that tissue and cancer. The Multi-Cancer Array Chip is a universal microarray that was hybridized with samples from each of the cancers (ovarian, breast, colon, lung, and prostate). See the description below for the experiments specific to the different cancers.

Microarray Experiments and Data Tables

Colon Cancer Chips

For colon cancer two different chip designs were evaluated with overlapping sets of a total of 38 samples, comparing the expression patterns of colon cancer derived polyA+RNA to polyA+RNA isolated from a pool of 7 normal colon tissues. For the Colon Array Chip all 38 samples (23 Ascending colon carcinomas and 15 Rectosigmoidal carcinomas including: 5 stage I cancers, 15 stage II cancers, 15 stage III and 2 stage IV cancers, as well as 28 Grade ½ and 10 Grade 3 cancers) were analyzed. The histopathologic grades for cancer are classified as follows: GX, cannot be assessed; G1, well differentiated; G2, Moderately differentiated; G3, poorly differentiated; and G4, undifferentiated. AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook, 5^(th) Edition, 1998, page 9. For the

Colon Array Chip analysis, samples were further divided into groups based on the expression pattern of the known colon cancer associated gene Thymidilate Synthase (TS) (13 TS up 25 TS not up). The association of TS with advanced colorectal cancer is well documented. Paradiso et al., Br J Cancer 82(3):560-7 (2000); Etienne et al., J Clin Oncol. 20(12):2832-43 (2002); Aschele et al. Clin Cancer Res. 6(12):4797-802 (2000). For the Multi-Cancer Array Chip a subset of 27 of these samples (14 Ascending colon carcinomas and 13 Rectosigmoidal carcinomas including: 3 stage I cancers, 9 stage II cancers, 13 stage III and 2 stage IV cancers) were assessed.

The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Colon Array Chip are shown in Tables 1 and 2. The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Multi-Cancer Array Chip are shown in Table 3.

The first two columns of each table contain information about the sequence itself (Seq ID, Oligo Name), the next columns show the results obtained for all (“ALL”) the colon samples, ascending colon carcinomas (“ASC”), Rectosigmoidal carcinomas (“RS”), cancers corresponding to stages I and II (“ST1,2”), stages m and IV (“ST3,4”), grades 1 and 2 (“GR1,2”), grade 3 (“GR3”), cancers exhibiting up-regulation of the TS gene (“TSup”) or those not exhibiting up-regulation of the TS gene (“NOT TSup”). ‘% up’ indicates the percentage of all experiments in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed n=38 for the Colon Array Chip (n=27 for the Multi-Cancer Array Chip), ‘% valid up’ indicates the percentage of experiments with valid expression values in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed. 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11.1 DEX0450_020.nt.2 32992.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 0.0 0.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_020.nt.2 32995.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_020.nt.2 35546.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 0.0 0.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_020.nt.3 32972.0 7.9 7.9 8.7 8.7 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_020.nt.3 32990.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_020.nt.3 32991.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_020.nt.3 32992.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 0.0 0.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_020.nt.3 32995.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_020.nt.3 35546.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 0.0 0.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_021.nt.1 10700.0 2.6 4.5 4.3 6.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_021.nt.1 10701.0 2.6 3.4 0.0 0.0 6.7 10.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 7.1 DEX0450_021.nt.1 10744.0 15.8 17.1 17.4 19.0 13.3 14.3 15.0 16.7 16.7 17.6 DEX0450_021.nt.1 10745.0 5.3 6.5 8.7 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1 12.5 DEX0450_022.nt.1 12057.0 10.5 11.1 13.0 14.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.3 16.7 17.6 DEX0450_022.nt.1 12058.0 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_023.nt.1 8910.0 26.3 26.3 34.8 34.8 13.3 13.3 25.0 25.0 27.8 27.8 DEX0450_024.nt.1 36564.0 34.2 34.2 39.1 39.1 26.7 26.7 30.0 30.0 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_025.nt.1 37705.0 26.3 26.3 21.7 21.7 33.3 33.3 30.0 30.0 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_025.nt.1 37706.0 21.1 21.1 13.0 13.0 33.3 33.3 20.0 20.0 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_027.nt.1 35470.0 34.2 34.2 39.1 39.1 26.7 26.7 30.0 30.0 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_027.nt.1 35471.0 42.1 42.1 43.5 43.5 40.0 40.0 35.0 35.0 50.0 50.0 DEX0450_027.nt.2 35470.0 34.2 34.2 39.1 39.1 26.7 26.7 30.0 30.0 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_027.nt.2 35471.0 42.1 42.1 43.5 43.5 40.0 40.0 35.0 35.0 50.0 50.0 DEX0450_028.nt.1 31539.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_028.nt.1 31545.0 13.2 13.2 17.4 17.4 6.7 6.7 10.0 10.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_030.nt.1 8410.0 13.2 13.2 13.0 13.0 13.3 13.3 15.0 15.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_030.nt.1 8411.0 13.2 13.2 13.0 13.0 13.3 13.3 15.0 15.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_031.nt.1 21356.0 18.4 18.9 30.4 31.8 0.0 0.0 20.0 21.1 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_031.nt.1 28423.0 18.4 18.9 30.4 30.4 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 16.7 17.6 DEX0450_031.nt.2 21356.0 18.4 18.9 30.4 31.8 0.0 0.0 20.0 21.1 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_032.nt.1 34888.0 18.4 18.4 26.1 26.1 6.7 6.7 20.0 20.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_033.nt.1 30532.0 44.7 44.7 60.9 60.9 20.0 20.0 50.0 50.0 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_033.nt.2 34642.0 23.7 30.0 30.4 43.8 13.3 14.3 25.0 31.2 22.2 28.6 DEX0450_033.nt.2 34643.0 21.1 24.2 30.4 36.8 6.7 7.1 20.0 22.2 22.2 26.7 DEX0450_034.nt.1 37498.0 7.9 7.9 8.7 8.7 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_035.nt.1 20153.0 21.1 21.6 21.7 22.7 20.0 20.0 20.0 21.1 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_035.nt.1 20154.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 15.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37615.0 47.4 47.4 39.1 39.1 60.0 60.0 50.0 50.0 44.4 44.4 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37616.0 44.7 44.7 34.8 34.8 60.0 60.0 45.0 45.0 44.4 44.4 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37635.0 42.1 42.1 34.8 34.8 53.3 53.3 45.0 45.0 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_037.nt.1 33741.0 44.7 47.2 39.1 42.9 53.3 53.3 50.0 50.0 38.9 43.8 DEX0450_038.nt.1 38975.0 15.8 15.8 21.7 21.7 6.7 6.7 15.0 15.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_038.nt.1 38976.0 18.4 18.4 17.4 17.4 20.0 20.0 15.0 15.0 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_039.nt.1 38501.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.1 38502.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.2 36599.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38428.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38499.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38501.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38502.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38509.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38510.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.3 36599.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38428.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38499.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38501.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38509.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38510.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.4 36599.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38428.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38499.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38501.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38502.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38509.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38510.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.5 38501.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.5 38502.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.6 38501.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_039.nt.6 38502.0 5.3 5.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_040.nt.1 35520.0 39.5 39.5 30.4 30.4 53.3 53.3 40.0 40.0 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_040.nt.1 35521.0 42.1 42.1 34.8 34.8 53.3 53.3 40.0 40.0 44.4 44.4 DEX0450_040.nt.1 39581.0 34.2 36.1 34.8 36.4 33.3 35.7 30.0 33.3 38.9 38.9 DEX0450_040.nt.1 39582.0 42.1 42.1 34.8 34.8 53.3 53.3 40.0 40.0 44.4 44.4 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33072.0 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33074.0 18.4 18.9 26.1 26.1 6.7 7.1 10.0 10.0 27.8 29.4 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33075.0 13.2 13.2 17.4 17.4 6.7 6.7 10.0 10.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_041.nt.1 36755.0 5.3 5.9 4.3 4.5 6.7 8.3 0.0 0.0 11.1 13.3 DEX0450_041.nt.1 36756.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_041.nt.1 37290.0 5.3 5.3 8.7 8.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_042.nt.1 33118.0 7.9 7.9 13.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_042.nt.1 33119.0 5.3 5.3 8.7 8.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_042.nt.1 34009.0 26.3 27.0 26.1 27.3 26.7 26.7 25.0 25.0 27.8 29.4 DEX0450_042.nt.1 40737.0 13.2 13.2 21.7 21.7 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_042.nt.2 33118.0 7.9 7.9 13.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_042.nt.2 33119.0 5.3 5.3 8.7 8.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.6 DEX0450_042.nt.2 34009.0 26.3 27.0 26.1 27.3 26.7 26.7 25.0 25.0 27.8 29.4 DEX0450_042.nt.2 40737.0 13.2 13.2 21.7 21.7 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 16.7 16.7 DEX0450_043.nt.1 35881.0 2.6 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.7 7.1 0.0 0.0 5.6 6.2 DEX0450_043.nt.1 35882.0 2.6 14.3 4.3 20.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_043.nt.1 36669.0 28.9 28.9 30.4 30.4 26.7 26.7 25.0 25.0 33.3 33.3 DEX0450_043.nt.1 36670.0 28.9 28.9 30.4 30.4 26.7 26.7 25.0 25.0 33.3 33.3 DEX0450_044.nt.1 9110.0 28.9 28.9 30.4 30.4 26.7 26.7 30.0 30.0 27.8 27.8 DEX0450_045.nt.1 13783.0 15.8 15.8 21.7 21.7 6.7 6.7 20.0 20.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_045.nt.1 13784.0 13.2 13.2 17.4 17.4 6.7 6.7 15.0 15.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_046.nt.1 10297.0 63.2 63.2 73.9 73.9 46.7 46.7 65.0 65.0 61.1 61.1 DEX0450_047.nt.1 30511.0 23.7 24.3 30.4 31.8 13.3 13.3 20.0 21.1 27.8 27.8 DEX0450_047.nt.1 38789.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_047.nt.1 39412.0 7.9 7.9 4.3 4.3 13.3 13.3 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_048.nt.1 41177.0 7.9 7.9 13.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 DEX0450_048.nt.1 41178.0 10.5 10.8 17.4 17.4 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 11.1 11.8 DEX0450_049.nt.1 31424.0 10.5 11.8 13.0 13.6 6.7 8.3 10.0 11.1 11.1 12.5 DEX0450_049.nt.1 31425.0 10.5 12.1 13.0 14.3 6.7 8.3 5.0 5.3 16.7 21.4 DEX0450_050.nt.1 9398.0 26.3 26.3 30.4 30.4 20.0 20.0 30.0 30.0 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_050.nt.1 9399.0 26.3 26.3 30.4 30.4 20.0 20.0 30.0 30.0 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_052.nt.1 37943.0 52.6 52.6 56.5 56.5 46.7 46.7 50.0 50.0 55.6 55.6 DEX0450_052.nt.1 37944.0 50.0 51.4 56.5 56.5 40.0 42.9 50.0 52.6 50.0 50.0 DEX0450_053.nt.1 9398.0 26.3 26.3 30.4 30.4 20.0 20.0 30.0 30.0 22.2 22.2 DEX0450_053.nt.1 9399.0 26.3 26.3 30.4 30.4 20.0 20.0 30.0 30.0 22.2 22.2

TABLE 2 Cln Cln Cln Cln Cln TS NOT Cln GR1, 2 Cln GR3 TS up TS Cln NOT GR1, 2 % valid GR3 % valid up % valid up TS up Oligo % up up % up up % up up % up % valid DEX ID Name n = 28 n = 28 n = 10 n = 10 n = 13 n = 13 n = 25 up n = 25 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31003.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 22.2 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31158.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31159.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 40.0 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31162.0 14.3 14.8 20.0 20.0 23.1 23.1 12.0 12.5 DEx0450_002.nt.1 31163.0 3.6 3.6 20.0 20.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_002.nt.1 34074.0 3.6 4.0 40.0 44.4 30.8 33.3 4.0 4.5 DEX0450_002.nt.1 34075.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 11.1 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_003.nt.1 31446.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 14.3 7.7 11.1 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_003.nt.2 31447.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_003.nt.3 31443.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_003.nt.3 31447.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_004.nt.1 10720.0 42.9 42.9 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 52.0 52.0 DEX0450_004.nt.1 10721.0 46.4 46.4 10.0 10.0 15.4 15.4 48.0 48.0 DEX0450_005.nt.1 16776.0 3.6 4.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 8.3 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_005.nt.1 16777.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_005.nt.1 38049.0 50.0 50.0 40.0 40.0 61.5 61.5 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_005.nt.1 38050.0 60.7 60.7 40.0 40.0 61.5 61.5 52.0 52.0 DEX0450_006.nt.1 35170.0 35.7 83.3 10.0 100.0 7.7 33.3 40.0 100.0 DEX0450_006.nt.1 35171.0 28.6 47.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 16.7 28.0 50.0 DEX0450_007.nt.1 35170.0 35.7 83.3 10.0 100.0 7.7 33.3 40.0 100.0 DEX0450_007.nt.1 35171.0 28.6 47.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 16.7 28.0 50.0 DEX0450_008.nt.1 30227.0 42.9 42.9 70.0 70.0 61.5 61.5 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_008.nt.1 30228.0 35.7 35.7 70.0 70.0 53.8 53.8 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_009.nt.1 39839.0 3.6 3.6 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_009.nt.1 39840.0 3.6 3.7 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.2 DEX0450_009.nt.2 39839.0 3.6 3.6 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_009.nt.2 39840.0 3.6 3.7 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.2 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29571.0 28.6 28.6 40.0 40.0 46.2 46.2 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29582.0 46.4 46.4 70.0 70.0 61.5 61.5 48.0 48.0 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29595.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 60.0 69.2 69.2 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29609.0 46.4 46.4 50.0 50.0 61.5 61.5 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29611.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 60.0 69.2 69.2 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29612.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 69.2 69.2 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_010.nt.2 29582.0 46.4 46.4 70.0 70.0 61.5 61.5 48.0 48.0 DEX0450_010.nt.2 29595.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 60.0 69.2 69.2 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_010.nt.2 29609.0 46.4 46.4 50.0 50.0 61.5 61.5 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_010.nt.2 29611.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 60.0 69.2 69.2 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_010.nt.2 29612.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 69.2 69.2 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29571.0 28.6 28.6 40.0 40.0 46.2 46.2 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29572.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29582.0 46.4 46.4 70.0 70.0 61.5 61.5 48.0 48.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29595.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 60.0 69.2 69.2 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29609.0 46.4 46.4 50.0 50.0 61.5 61.5 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29611.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 60.0 69.2 69.2 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 29612.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 69.2 69.2 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 36747.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_011.nt.1 22654.0 3.6 3.6 30.0 30.0 15.4 15.4 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_012.nt.1 8377.0 10.7 10.7 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32220.0 42.9 42.9 60.0 60.0 53.8 53.8 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32221.0 57.1 59.3 70.0 77.8 84.6 84.6 48.0 52.2 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32254.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32255.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_013.nt.1 33033.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_014.nt.1 32458.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_014.nt.1 32459.0 3.6 3.7 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.2 DEX0450_015.nt.1 33503.0 14.3 14.8 30.0 30.0 38.5 38.5 8.0 8.3 DEX0450_016.nt.1 33083.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_016.nt.1 35091.0 28.6 28.6 0.0 0.0 38.5 38.5 12.0 12.0 DEX0450_016.nt.2 33083.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_016.nt.2 35091.0 28.6 28.6 0.0 0.0 38.5 38.5 12.0 12.0 DEX0450_016.nt.3 33083.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_016.nt.3 35091.0 28.6 28.6 0.0 0.0 38.5 38.5 12.0 12.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 36711.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 36712.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 8.3 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39631.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39635.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39636.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39769.0 7.1 7.1 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39770.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_017.nt.2 36711.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.2 39631.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.2 39635.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_017.nt.2 39636.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.2 39769.0 7.1 7.1 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_017.nt.2 39770.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_017.nt.3 39631.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_017.nt.3 39635.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_017.nt.3 39636.0 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30.8 30.8 8.0 8.3 DEX0450_019.nt.2 35571.0 14.3 14.3 30.0 30.0 30.8 30.8 12.0 12.0 DEX0450_019.nt.3 32748.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_019.nt.3 33066.0 10.7 10.7 10.0 10.0 15.4 15.4 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_019.nt.3 33067.0 14.3 14.3 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_019.nt.3 35570.0 14.3 14.8 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 8.0 8.3 DEX0450_019.nt.3 35571.0 14.3 14.3 30.0 30.0 30.8 30.8 12.0 12.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 32972.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 30.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 32990.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 32991.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 32992.0 3.6 3.6 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 32994.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 32995.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.1 35546.0 3.6 3.6 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_020.nt.2 32972.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 30.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.2 32990.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_020.nt.2 32991.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 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50.0 61.5 61.5 20.0 20.0 DEX0450_025.nt.1 37705.0 28.6 28.6 20.0 20.0 15.4 15.4 32.0 32.0 DEX0450_025.nt.1 37706.0 25.0 25.0 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 28.0 28.0 DEX0450_027.nt.1 35470.0 32.1 32.1 40.0 40.0 30.8 30.8 36.0 36.0 DEX0450_027.nt.1 35471.0 42.9 42.9 40.0 40.0 38.5 38.5 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_027.nt.2 35470.0 32.1 32.1 40.0 40.0 30.8 30.8 36.0 36.0 DEX0450_027.nt.2 35471.0 42.9 42.9 40.0 40.0 38.5 38.5 44.0 44.0 DEX0450_028.nt.1 31539.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_028.nt.1 31545.0 7.1 7.1 30.0 30.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_030.nt.1 8410.0 14.3 14.3 10.0 10.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_030.nt.1 8411.0 14.3 14.3 10.0 10.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 21356.0 17.9 17.9 20.0 22.2 15.4 16.7 20.0 20.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 28423.0 10.7 11.1 40.0 40.0 23.1 23.1 16.0 16.7 DEX0450_031.nt.2 21356.0 17.9 17.9 20.0 22.2 15.4 16.7 20.0 20.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 34888.0 14.3 14.3 30.0 30.0 38.5 38.5 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_033.nt.1 30532.0 35.7 35.7 70.0 70.0 61.5 61.5 36.0 36.0 DEX0450_033.nt.2 34642.0 21.4 25.0 30.0 50.0 23.1 33.3 24.0 28.6 DEX0450_033.nt.2 34643.0 10.7 12.0 50.0 62.5 7.7 10.0 28.0 30.4 DEX0450_034.nt.1 37498.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_035.nt.1 20153.0 14.3 14.8 40.0 40.0 38.5 38.5 12.0 12.5 DEX0450_035.nt.1 20154.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37615.0 46.4 46.4 50.0 50.0 30.8 30.8 56.0 56.0 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37616.0 42.9 42.9 50.0 50.0 30.8 30.8 52.0 52.0 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37635.0 39.3 39.3 50.0 50.0 23.1 23.1 52.0 52.0 DEX0450_037.nt.1 33741.0 46.4 48.1 40.0 44.4 23.1 27.3 56.0 56.0 DEX0450_038.nt.1 38975.0 14.3 14.3 20.0 20.0 15.4 15.4 16.0 16.0 DEX0450_038.nt.1 38976.0 14.3 14.3 30.0 30.0 15.4 15.4 20.0 20.0 DEX0450_039.nt.1 38501.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.1 38502.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 36599.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38428.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38499.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38501.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38502.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38509.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38510.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.3 36599.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38428.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38499.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38501.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38509.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38510.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 36599.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38428.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38499.0 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38501.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38502.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38509.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38510.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.5 38501.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.5 38502.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.6 38501.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_039.nt.6 38502.0 7.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_040.nt.1 35520.0 46.4 46.4 20.0 20.0 46.2 46.2 36.0 36.0 DEX0450_040.nt.1 35521.0 46.4 46.4 30.0 30.0 53.8 53.8 36.0 36.0 DEX0450_040.nt.1 39581.0 35.7 38.5 30.0 30.0 46.2 50.0 28.0 29.2 DEX0450_040.nt.1 39582.0 46.4 46.4 30.0 30.0 53.8 53.8 36.0 36.0 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33072.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33074.0 7.1 7.4 50.0 50.0 38.5 38.5 8.0 8.3 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33075.0 3.6 3.6 40.0 40.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_041.nt.1 36755.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_041.nt.1 36756.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_041.nt.1 37290.0 3.6 3.6 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_042.nt.1 33118.0 3.6 3.6 20.0 20.0 23.1 23.1 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_042.nt.1 33119.0 3.6 3.6 10.0 10.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_042.nt.1 34009.0 21.4 21.4 40.0 44.4 53.8 53.8 12.0 12.5 DEX0450_042.nt.1 40737.0 10.7 10.7 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_042.nt.2 33118.0 3.6 3.6 20.0 20.0 23.1 23.1 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_042.nt.2 33119.0 3.6 3.6 10.0 10.0 15.4 15.4 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_042.nt.2 34009.0 21.4 21.4 40.0 44.4 53.8 53.8 12.0 12.5 DEX0450_042.nt.2 40737.0 10.7 10.7 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_043.nt.1 35881.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 12.5 7.7 9.1 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_043.nt.1 35882.0 3.6 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 25.0 DEX0450_043.nt.1 36669.0 25.0 25.0 40.0 40.0 38.5 38.5 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_043.nt.1 36670.0 25.0 25.0 40.0 40.0 38.5 38.5 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_044.nt.1 9110.0 28.6 28.6 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 32.0 32.0 DEX0450_045.nt.1 13783.0 14.3 14.3 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 8.0 8.0 DEX0450_045.nt.1 13784.0 14.3 14.3 10.0 10.0 30.8 30.8 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_046.nt.1 10297.0 53.6 53.6 90.0 90.0 84.6 84.6 52.0 52.0 DEX0450_047.nt.1 30511.0 14.3 14.8 50.0 50.0 53.8 53.8 8.0 8.3 DEX0450_047.nt.1 38789.0 7.1 7.1 10.0 10.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_047.nt.1 39412.0 7.1 7.1 10.0 10.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_048.nt.1 41177.0 3.6 3.6 20.0 20.0 15.4 15.4 4.0 4.0 DEX0450_048.nt.1 41178.0 3.6 3.7 30.0 30.0 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.2 DEX0450_049.nt.1 31424.0 7.1 8.0 20.0 22.2 23.1 23.1 4.0 4.8 DEX0450_049.nt.1 31425.0 3.6 4.0 30.0 37.5 30.8 30.8 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_050.nt.1 9398.0 28.6 28.6 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_050.nt.1 9399.0 28.6 28.6 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_052.nt.1 37943.0 46.4 46.4 70.0 70.0 76.9 76.9 40.0 40.0 DEX0450_052.nt.1 37944.0 42.9 44.4 70.0 70.0 76.9 76.9 36.0 37.5 DEX0450_053.nt.1 9398.0 28.6 28.6 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 24.0 24.0 DEX0450_053.nt.1 9399.0 28.6 28.6 20.0 20.0 30.8 30.8 24.0 24.0

TABLE 3 Cln Cln Cln Cln Multi- Cln Multi- Cln Multi- Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Cancer ALL Cancer ASC Cancer RS Oligo ALL % up % valid ASC % up % valid RS % up % valid DEX ID Name n = 27 up n = 27 n = 14 up n = 14 n = 13 up n = 13 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.0 37.0 37.0 21.4 21.4 53.8 53.8 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.1 33.3 33.3 21.4 21.4 46.2 46.2 DEX0450_031.nt.1 956.0 7.4 8.3 14.3 15.4 0.0 0.0

Breast Cancer Chips

For breast cancer two different chip designs were evaluated with overlapping sets of a total of 36 samples, comparing the expression patterns of breast cancer derived polyA+RNA to polyA+RNA isolated from a pool of 10 normal breast tissues. For the Breast Array Chip, all 36 samples (9 stage I cancers, 23 stage II cancers, 4 stage III cancers) were analyzed. These samples also represented 10 Grade ½ and 26 Grade 3 cancers. The histopathologic grades for cancer are classified as follows: GX, cannot be assessed; G1, well differentiated; G2, moderately differentiated; G3, poorly differentiated; and G4, undifferentiated. AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook, pp. 9, (5th Ed, 1998). Samples were further grouped based on the expression patterns of the known breast cancer associated genes Her2 and ERα (10 HER2 up, 26 HBER2 not up, 20 ER up and 16 ER not up) and for the Multi-Cancer Array Chip, a subset of 20 of these samples (9 stage I cancers, 8 stage II cancers, 3 stage III cancers) were assessed.

The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Breast Array Chip are shown in Tables 4 and 5. The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Multi-Cancer Array Chip are shown in Table 6. The first two columns of each table contain information about the sequence itself (Seq ID, Oligo Name), the next columns show the results obtained for all (“ALL”) breast cancer samples, cancers corresponding to stagei (“ST1”), stages II and III (“ST2,3”), grades 1 and 2 (“GR1,2”), grade 3 (“GR3”), cancers exhibiting up-regulation of Her2 (“HER2up”) or ERα (“ERup”) or those not exhibiting up-regulation of Her2 (“NOT BER2up”) or ERα (“NOT ERup”). ‘% up’ indicates the percentage of all experiments in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed (n=36 for Colon Array Chip, n=20 for the Multi-Cancer Array Chip), ‘% valid up’ indicates the percentage of experiments with valid expression values in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed. TABLE 4 Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam ALL % Mam ST1 % Mam ST2, 3 % Mam GR1, 2 % Mam GR3 % ALL valid ST1 valid ST2, valid GR1, 2 valid GR3 valid Oligo % up up % up up 3 % up up % up up % up up DEX ID Name n = 36 n = 36 n = 9 n = 9 n = 27 n = 27 n = 10 n = 10 n = 26 n = 26 DEX0450_010.nt.1 17829.0 5.6 5.7 11.1 11.1 3.7 3.8 0.0 0.0 7.7 8.0 DEX0450_010.nt.1 22376.0 8.3 8.6 11.1 12.5 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 11.5 12.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 17829.0 5.6 5.7 11.1 11.1 3.7 3.8 0.0 0.0 7.7 8.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 22376.0 8.3 8.6 11.1 12.5 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 11.5 12.0 DEX0450_023.nt.1 22060.0 8.3 8.3 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 10.0 10.0 7.7 7.7 DEX0450_031.nt.1 17869.0 8.3 8.3 11.1 11.1 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 11.5 11.5 DEX0450_031.nt.1 31466.0 8.3 8.3 0.0 0.0 11.1 11.1 0.0 0.0 11.5 11.5 DEX0450_032.nt.1 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_044.nt.1 24210.0 2.8 2.8 11.1 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 DEX0450_044.nt.1 24211.0 5.6 5.6 11.1 11.1 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 DEX0450_044.nt.2 24210.0 2.8 2.8 11.1 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 DEX0450_044.nt.2 24211.0 5.6 5.6 11.1 11.1 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 DEX0450_044.nt.3 24210.0 2.8 2.8 11.1 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 DEX0450_044.nt.3 24211.0 5.6 5.6 11.1 11.1 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 DEX0450_045.nt.1 19853.0 5.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 DEX0450_045.nt.1 19854.0 2.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 DEX0450_053.nt.1 31644.0 19.4 19.4 22.2 22.2 18.5 18.5 20.0 20.0 19.2 19.2 DEX0450_053.nt.1 31645.0 19.4 19.4 22.2 22.2 18.5 18.5 20.0 20.0 19.2 19.2

TABLE 5 Mam Mam Mam Mam NOT Mam Mam NOT Mam HER2up NOT HER2up Mam ERup NOT ERup HER2up % valid HER2up % valid ERup % valid ERup % valid Oligo % up up % up up % up up % up up DEX ID Name n = 10 n = 10 n = 26 n = 26 n = 20 n = 20 n = 16 n = 10 DEX0450_010.nt.1 17829.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 8.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 13.3 DEX0450_010.nt.1 22376.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 12.0 0.0 0.0 18.8 20.0 DEX0450_010.nt.3 17829.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 8.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 13.3 DEX0450_010.nt.3 22376.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 12.0 0.0 0.0 18.8 20.0 DEX0450_023.nt.1 22060.0 20.0 20.0 3.8 3.8 5.0 5.0 12.5 12.5 DEX0450_031.nt.1 17869.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 11.5 0.0 0.0 18.8 18.8 DEX0450_031.nt.1 31466.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 11.5 0.0 0.0 18.8 18.8 DEX0450_032.nt.1 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.3 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.4 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.5 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15829.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15830.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16111.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16910.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.6 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15315.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15317.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15324.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15848.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15865.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16906.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16908.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16912.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 19576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 20237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 31590.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.7 31591.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_044.nt.1 24210.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_044.nt.1 24211.0 10.0 10.0 3.8 3.8 5.0 5.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_044.nt.2 24210.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_044.nt.2 24211.0 10.0 10.0 3.8 3.8 5.0 5.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_044.nt.3 24210.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_044.nt.3 24211.0 10.0 10.0 3.8 3.8 5.0 5.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_045.nt.1 19853.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 12.5 12.5 DEX0450_045.nt.1 19854.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.2 DEX0450_053.nt.1 31644.0 0.0 0.0 26.9 26.9 15.0 15.0 25.0 25.0 DEX0450_053.nt.1 31645.0 0.0 0.0 26.9 26.9 15.0 15.0 25.0 25.0

TABLE 6 Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Multi- Mam Multi- Multi- Multi- Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer ALL Cancer ST1 ST2, 3 ST2, 3 Oligo ALL % up % valid ST1 % up % valid % up % valid DEX ID Name n = 20 up n = 20 n = 9 up n = 9 n = 11 up n = 11 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.0 15.0 15.0 11.1 11.1 18.2 18.2 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.1 15.0 15.0 11.1 11.1 18.2 18.2 DEX0450_031.nt.1 956.0 5.0 5.0 11.1 11.1 0.0 0.0

Lung Cancer Chips

For lung cancer two different chip designs were evaluated with overlapping sets of a total of 29 samples, comparing the expression patterns of lung cancer derived polyA+RNA to polyA+RNA isolated from a pool of 12 normal lung tissues. For the Lung Array Chip all 29 samples (15 squamous cell carcinomas and 14 adenocarcinomas including 14 stage I and 15 stage II/III cancers) were analyzed and for the Multi-Cancer Array Chip a subset of 22 of these samples (10 squamous cell carcinomas, 12 adenocarcinomas) were assessed.

The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Lung Array Chip are shown in Table 7. The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Multi-Cancer Array Chip are shown in Table 8. The first two columns of each table contain information about the sequence itself (DEX ID, Oligo Name), the next columns show the results obtained for all (“ALL”) lung cancer samples, squamous cell carcinomas (“SQ”), adenocarcinomas (“AD”), or cancers corresponding to stage I (“ST1”), or stages II and III (“ST2,3”). ‘% up’ indicates the percentage of all experiments in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed (n=29 for Lung Array Chip, n=22 for Multi-Cancer Array Chip), ‘% valid up’ indicates the percentage of experiments with valid expression values in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed. TABLE 7 Lng Lng Lng Lng Lng Lng ALL % Lng SQ % Lng AD % Lng ST1 % Lng ST2, 3 % ALL valid SQ valid AD valid ST1 valid ST2, 3 valid Oligo % up up % up up % up up % up up % up up DEX ID Name n = 29 n = 29 n = 15 n = 15 n = 14 n = 14 n = 14 n = 14 n = 15 n = 15 DEX0450_001.nt.1 2383.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_001.nt.1 2400.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_001.nt.1 2404.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_001.nt.1 4831.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_001.nt.1 4832.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 835.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 836.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 953.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 955.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 957.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 5254.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 5749.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 5750.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.2 957.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.2 5254.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.2 5749.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.2 5750.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_033.nt.1 1234.0 51.7 51.7 80.0 80.0 21.4 21.4 57.1 57.1 46.7 46.7 DEX0450_033.nt.2 5421.0 44.8 44.8 33.3 33.3 57.1 57.1 35.7 35.7 53.3 53.3 DEX0450_036.nt.1 5961.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_037.nt.1 1022.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_037.nt.1 1023.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_045.nt.1 5599.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

TABLE 8 Lng Lng Lng Lng Multi- Lng Multi- Lng Multi- Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Cancer ALL Cancer SQ Cancer AD Oligo ALL % up % valid SQ % up % valid AD % up % valid DEX ID Name n = 22 up n = 22 n = 10 up n = 10 n = 12 up n = 12 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.0 31.8 33.3 30.0 30.0 33.3 36.4 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.1 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 956.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Ovarian Cancer Chips

For ovarian cancer two different chip designs were evaluated with overlapping sets of a total of 19 samples, comparing the expression patterns of ovarian cancer derived total RNA to total RNA isolated from a pool of 9 normal ovarian tissues. For the Multi-Cancer Array Chip, all 19 samples (14 invasive carcinomas, 5 low malignant potential samples were analyzed and for the Ovarian Array Chip, a subset of 17 of these samples (13 invasive carcinomas, 4 low malignant potential samples) were assessed.

The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Ovarian Array Chip are shown in Table 9. The results for the Multi-Cancer Array Chip are shown in Table 10. The first two columns of each table contain information about the sequence itself (DEX ID, Oligo Name), the next columns show the results obtained for all (“ALL”) ovarian cancer samples, invasive carcinomas (“INV”) and low malignant potential (“LMP”) samples. ‘% up’ indicates the percentage of all experiments in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed (n=19 for the Multi-Cancer Array Chip, n=17 for the Ovarian Array Chip), ‘% valid up’ indicates the percentage of experiments with valid expression values in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed. TABLE 9 Ovr Ovr Ovr ALL Ovr ALL INV Ovr INV LMP Ovr LMP Oligo % up % valid up % up % valid up % up % valid DEX ID Name n = 17 n = 17 n = 13 n = 13 n = 4 up n = 4 DEX0450_029.nt.1 37947.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_029.nt.1 37947.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 9880.01 17.6 21.4 15.4 18.2 25.0 33.3 DEX0450_031.nt.1 9880.02 17.6 18.8 15.4 16.7 25.0 25.0 DEX0450_033.nt.1 18480.01 88.2 88.2 92.3 92.3 75.0 75.0 DEX0450_033.nt.1 18480.02 88.2 88.2 92.3 92.3 75.0 75.0 DEX0450_033.nt.2 18480.01 88.2 88.2 92.3 92.3 75.0 75.0 DEX0450_033.nt.2 18480.02 88.2 88.2 92.3 92.3 75.0 75.0 DEX0450_037.nt.1 12335.01 5.9 5.9 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_037.nt.1 12335.02 5.9 5.9 7.7 7.7 0.0 0.0

TABLE 10 Ovr Ovr Ovr Ovr Multi- Ovr Multi- Ovr Multi- Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Multi- Cancer Cancer ALL Cancer INV Cancer LMP Oligo ALL % up % valid INV % up % valid LMP % up % valid DEX ID Name n = 19 up n = 19 n = 14 up n = 14 n = 5 up n = 5 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.0 5.3 5.9 7.1 7.7 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.1 5.3 6.2 7.1 8.3 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 956.0 10.5 15.4 7.1 11.1 20.0 25.0

Prostate Cancer

For prostate cancer three different chip designs were evaluated with overlapping sets of a total of 29 samples, comparing the expression patterns of prostate cancer or benign disease derived total RNA to total RNA isolated from a pool of 35 normal prostate tissues. For the Prostate1 Array and Prostate2 Array Chips all 29 samples (17 prostate cancer samples, 12 non-malignant disease samples) were analyzed. For the Multi-Cancer Array Chip a subset of 28 of these samples (16 prostate cancer samples, 12 non-malignant disease samples) were analyzed.

The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Prostate1 Array Chip and the Prostate2 Array Chip are shown in Table 11. The results for the statistically significant up-regulated genes on the Multi-Cancer Array Chip are shown in Table 12. The first two columns of each table contain information about the sequence itself (DEX ID, Oligo Name), the next columns show the results obtained for prostate cancer samples (“CAN”) or non-malignant disease samples (“DIS”). ‘% up’ indicates the percentage of all experiments in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed (n=29 for the Prostate2 Array Chip and the Multi-Cancer Array Chip), ‘% valid up’ indicates the percentage of experiments with valid expression values in which up-regulation of at least 2-fold was observed. TABLE 11 Pro Pro DIS Pro CAN CAN % Pro DIS % valid Oligo % up valid up % up up DEX ID Name n = 17 n = 17 n = 12 n = 12 DEX0450_031.nt.1 38723.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 38723.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 32036.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 32036.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35907.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35907.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35907.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35945.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35945.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35945.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35955.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35955.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.1 35955.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 26953.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 26953.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31256.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31256.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 31256.03 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 32020.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 32020.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_032.nt.2 32036.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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TABLE 12 Pro Multi- Pro Multi- Pro Multi- Cancer CAN Pro Multi- Cancer DIS Oligo Cancer CAN % valid up Cancer DIS % valid up DEX ID Name % up n = 16 n = 16 % up n = 12 n = 12 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_025.nt.1 77759.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEX0450_031.nt.1 956.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SEQ ID NO: 1-94 was up-regulated on various tissue microarrays. Accordingly, nucleotide SEQ ID NO: 1-94 or the encoded protein SEQ ID NO: 95-248 may be used as a cancer therapeutic and/or diagnostic target for the tissues in which expression is shown.

The following table lists the location (Oligo Location) where the microarray oligos (Oligo ID) map on the transcripts (DEX ID) of the present invention. Each Oligo ID may have been printed multiple times on a single chip as replicates. The Oligo Name is an exemplary replicate (e.g. 1000.01) for the Oligo ID (e.g. 1000), and data from other replicates (e.g. 1000.02, 1000.03) may be reported. Additionally, the Array (Chip Name) that each oligo and oligo replicates were printed on is included. DEX ID Oligo ID Oligo Name Chip Name Oligo Location DEX0450_001.nt.1 2383 2383.0 Lung array 1925-1984 DEX0450_001.nt.1 4832 4832.0 Lung array 1101-1160 DEX0450_001.nt.1 4831 4831.0 Lung array 376-435 DEX0450_001.nt.1 2404 2404.0 Lung array 1925-1984 DEX0450_001.nt.1 2405 2405.0 Multi-Cancer array 1918-1977 DEX0450_001.nt.1 2400 2400.0 Lung array 611-670 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31163 31163.0 Colon array 1644-1703 DEX0450_002.nt.1 34075 34075.0 Colon array 2521-2580 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31158 31158.0 Colon array 2221-2280 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31162 31162.0 Colon array 1666-1725 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31003 31003.0 Colon array 1156-1215 DEX0450_002.nt.1 34074 34074.0 Colon array 2597-2656 DEX0450_002.nt.1 31159 31159.0 Colon array 2168-2227 DEX0450_003.nt.1 31446 31446.0 Colon array 37-96 DEX0450_003.nt.2 31447 31447.0 Colon array 3391-3450 DEX0450_003.nt.2 31446 31446.0 Colon array 3635-3694 DEX0450_003.nt.3 31447 31447.0 Colon array 2288-2347 DEX0450_003.nt.3 31443 31443.0 Colon array 1628-1687 DEX0450_004.nt.1 10720 10720.0 Colon array 260-319 DEX0450_004.nt.1 10721 10721.0 Colon array 220-279 DEX0450_005.nt.1 38049 38049.0 Colon array 2673-2732 DEX0450_005.nt.1 16776 16776.0 Colon array 422-481 DEX0450_005.nt.1 16777 16777.0 Colon array 336-395 DEX0450_005.nt.1 38050 38050.0 Colon array 2564-2623 DEX0450_006.nt.1 35170 35170.0 Colon array 511-570 DEX0450_006.nt.1 35171 35171.0 Colon array 461-520 DEX0450_007.nt.1 35170 35170.0 Colon array 3353-3412 DEX0450_008.nt.1 30228 30228.0 Colon array 2517-2576 DEX0450_008.nt.1 30227 30227.0 Colon array 2563-2622 DEX0450_009.nt.1 39839 39839.0 Colon array  975-1034 DEX0450_009.nt.1 39840 39840.0 Colon array 822-881 DEX0450_009.nt.2 39839 39839.0 Colon array 1702-1761 DEX0450_009.nt.2 39840 39840.0 Colon array 1549-1608 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29571 29571.0 Colon array  79-138 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29612 29612.0 Colon array 456-515 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29595 29595.0 Colon array 493-552 DEX0450_010.nt.1 29609 29609.0 Colon array 486-545 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DEX0450_010.nt.3 22376 22376.0 Breast array 4235-4294 DEX0450_011.nt.1 22654 22654.0 Colon array 1967-2026 DEX0450_012.nt.1 8377 8377.0 Colon array 406-465 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32221 32221.0 Colon array 1359-1418 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32254 32254.0 Colon array 390-449 DEX0450_013.nt.1 33033 33033.0 Colon array 635-694 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32255 32255.0 Colon array 266-325 DEX0450_013.nt.1 32220 32220.0 Colon array 1399-1458 DEX0450_014.nt.1 32458 32458.0 Colon array 1846-1905 DEX0450_014.nt.1 32459 32459.0 Colon array 1806-1865 DEX0450_015.nt.1 33503 33503.0 Colon array 7026-7085 DEX0450_016.nt.1 35091 35091.0 Colon array 3392-3451 DEX0450_016.nt.1 33083 33083.0 Colon array 2718-2777 DEX0450_016.nt.2 35091 35091.0 Colon array 2518-2577 DEX0450_016.nt.3 33083 33083.0 Colon array 2835-2894 DEX0450_016.nt.3 35091 35091.0 Colon array 3509-3568 DEX0450_017.nt.1 36711 36711.0 Colon array 484-543 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39770 39770.0 Colon array 486-545 DEX0450_017.nt.1 39635 39635.0 Colon array 652-711 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4029-4088 DEX0450_032.nt.7 32020 32020.02 Prostate1 array 1062-1121 DEX0450_032.nt.7 20237 20237.0 Breast array 1062-1121 DEX0450_032.nt.7 15324 15324.0 Breast array 4323-4382 DEX0450_032.nt.7 31256 31256.03 Prostate2 array 4024-4083 DEX0450_032.nt.7 35905 35905.03 Prostate2 array 4808-4867 DEX0450_032.nt.7 35901 35901.01 Prostate2 array 4029-4088 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16908 16908.0 Breast array 5278-5337 DEX0450_032.nt.7 35951 35951.01 Prostate2 array 4033-4092 DEX0450_032.nt.7 34888 34888.0 Colon array 5301-5360 DEX0450_032.nt.7 16906 16906.0 Breast array 4033-4092 DEX0450_033.nt.1 1234 1234.0 Lung array 528-587 DEX0450_033.nt.1 18480 18480.02 Ovarian array 528-587 DEX0450_033.nt.1 30532 30532.0 Colon array 526-585 DEX0450_033.nt.2 34642 34642.0 Colon array 1335-1394 DEX0450_033.nt.2 30532 30532.0 Colon array 525-584 DEX0450_033.nt.2 1234 1234.0 Lung array 527-586 DEX0450_033.nt.2 24954 24954.02 Prostate1 array 1306-1365 DEX0450_033.nt.2 34643 34643.0 Colon array 1295-1354 DEX0450_033.nt.2 18480 18480.02 Ovarian array 527-586 DEX0450_033.nt.2 5421 5421.0 Lung array 1233-1292 DEX0450_033.nt.2 28019 28019.02 Prostate1 array 1335-1394 DEX0450_034.nt.1 37498 37498.0 Colon array 409-468 DEX0450_035.nt.1 20153 20153.0 Colon array 1276-1335 DEX0450_035.nt.1 20154 20154.0 Colon array 1230-1289 DEX0450_036.nt.1 5961 5961.0 Lung array 1321-1380 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37616 37616.0 Colon array 1951-2010 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37635 37635.0 Colon array 1975-2034 DEX0450_036.nt.1 37615 37615.0 Colon array 1991-2050 DEX0450_037.nt.1 1022 1022.0 Lung array 480-539 DEX0450_037.nt.1 12335 12335.02 Ovarian array 374-433 DEX0450_037.nt.1 33741 33741.0 Colon array 408-467 DEX0450_037.nt.1 29069 29069.01 Prostate2 array 374-433 DEX0450_037.nt.1 1023 1023.0 Lung array 425-484 DEX0450_037.nt.1 36689 36689.01 Prostate1 array 547-606 DEX0450_037.nt.1 29065 29065.03 Prostate2 array 480-539 DEX0450_038.nt.1 38976 38976.0 Colon array 457-516 DEX0450_038.nt.1 38975 38975.0 Colon array 483-542 DEX0450_039.nt.1 38502 38502.0 Colon array 457-516 DEX0450_039.nt.1 38501 38501.0 Colon array 558-617 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38499 38499.0 Colon array 1002-1061 DEX0450_039.nt.2 36599 36599.0 Colon array 779-838 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38501 38501.0 Colon array 559-618 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38502 38502.0 Colon array 458-517 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38509 38509.0 Colon array  996-1055 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38510 38510.0 Colon array 799-858 DEX0450_039.nt.2 38428 38428.0 Colon array 1001-1060 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38499 38499.0 Colon array 878-937 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38510 38510.0 Colon array 675-734 DEX0450_039.nt.3 36599 36599.0 Colon array 655-714 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38509 38509.0 Colon array 872-931 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38428 38428.0 Colon array 877-936 DEX0450_039.nt.3 38501 38501.0 Colon array 435-494 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38510 38510.0 Colon array 1091-1150 DEX0450_039.nt.4 36599 36599.0 Colon array 1071-1130 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38501 38501.0 Colon array 793-852 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38502 38502.0 Colon array 692-751 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38428 38428.0 Colon array 1293-1352 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38509 38509.0 Colon array 1288-1347 DEX0450_039.nt.4 38499 38499.0 Colon array 1294-1353 DEX0450_039.nt.5 38501 38501.0 Colon array 793-852 DEX0450_039.nt.5 38502 38502.0 Colon array 692-751 DEX0450_039.nt.6 38501 38501.0 Colon array 793-852 DEX0450_040.nt.1 39582 39582.0 Colon array 545-604 DEX0450_040.nt.1 35521 35521.0 Colon array 498-557 DEX0450_040.nt.1 39581 39581.0 Colon array 655-714 DEX0450_040.nt.1 35520 35520.0 Colon array 655-714 DEX0450_041.nt.1 36756 36756.0 Colon array 110-169 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33072 33072.0 Colon array 470-529 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33075 33075.0 Colon array  979-1038 DEX0450_041.nt.1 29313 29313.03 Prostate2 array 1076-1135 DEX0450_041.nt.1 36755 36755.0 Colon array 130-189 DEX0450_041.nt.1 37290 37290.0 Colon array 1167-1226 DEX0450_041.nt.1 33074 33074.0 Colon array 1076-1135 DEX0450_041.nt.1 29311 29311.03 Prostate2 array 470-529 DEX0450_042.nt.1 33118 33118.0 Colon array 3762-3821 DEX0450_042.nt.1 40737 40737.0 Colon array 2151-2210 DEX0450_042.nt.1 34009 34009.0 Colon array 3065-3124 DEX0450_042.nt.1 33119 33119.0 Colon array 3722-3781 DEX0450_042.nt.2 33118 33118.0 Colon array 2347-2406 DEX0450_042.nt.2 34009 34009.0 Colon array 1650-1709 DEX0450_042.nt.2 33119 33119.0 Colon array 2307-2366 DEX0450_042.nt.2 40737 40737.0 Colon array 736-795 DEX0450_043.nt.1 35881 35881.0 Colon array 2681-2740 DEX0450_043.nt.1 36670 36670.0 Colon array 6794-6853 DEX0450_043.nt.1 35882 35882.0 Colon array 2641-2700 DEX0450_043.nt.1 36669 36669.0 Colon array 6919-6978 DEX0450_044.nt.1 24211 24211.0 Breast array 173-232 DEX0450_044.nt.1 9110 9110.0 Colon array 206-265 DEX0450_044.nt.1 24210 24210.0 Breast array 206-265 DEX0450_044.nt.2 9110 9110.0 Colon array 1624-1683 DEX0450_044.nt.2 24211 24211.0 Breast array 1591-1650 DEX0450_044.nt.2 24210 24210.0 Breast array 1624-1683 DEX0450_044.nt.3 9110 9110.0 Colon array 794-853 DEX0450_044.nt.3 24210 24210.0 Breast array 794-853 DEX0450_044.nt.3 24211 24211.0 Breast array 761-820 DEX0450_045.nt.1 5599 5599.0 Lung array 873-932 DEX0450_045.nt.1 19854 19854.0 Breast array 785-844 DEX0450_045.nt.1 13784 13784.0 Colon array 765-824 DEX0450_045.nt.1 19853 19853.0 Breast array 805-864 DEX0450_045.nt.1 13783 13783.0 Colon array 805-864 DEX0450_046.nt.1 10297 10297.0 Colon array 353-412 DEX0450_047.nt.1 38789 38789.0 Colon array 1517-1576 DEX0450_047.nt.1 30511 30511.0 Colon array 611-670 DEX0450_047.nt.1 39412 39412.0 Colon array 1515-1574 DEX0450_048.nt.1 41177 41177.0 Colon array 549-608 DEX0450_048.nt.1 41178 41178.0 Colon array 519-578 DEX0450_049.nt.1 31424 31424.0 Colon array 603-662 DEX0450_049.nt.1 31425 31425.0 Colon array 532-591 DEX0450_050.nt.1 9398 9398.0 Colon array 808-867 DEX0450_050.nt.1 9399 9399.0 Colon array 764-823 DEX0450_052.nt.1 37943 37943.0 Colon array 522-581 DEX0450_052.nt.1 37944 37944.0 Colon array 402-461 DEX0450_053.nt.1 9398 9398.0 Colon array 809-868 DEX0450_053.nt.1 9399 9399.0 Colon array 765-824 DEX0450_053.nt.1 31645 31645.0 Breast array 1875-1934 DEX0450_053.nt.1 31644 31644.0 Breast array 1945-2004

Example 2b Relative Quantitation of Gene Expression

Real-Time quantitative PCR with fluorescent Taqman® probes is a quantitation detection system utilizing the 5′-3′ nuclease activity of Taq DNA polymerase. The method uses an internal fluorescent oligonucleotide probe (Taqman®) labeled with a 5′ reporter dye and a downstream, 3′ quencher dye. During PCR, the 5′-3′ nuclease activity of Taq DNA polymerase releases the reporter, whose fluorescence can then be detected by the laser detector of the Model 7700 Sequence Detection System (PE Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif., USA). Amplification of an endogenous control is used to standardize the amount of sample RNA added to the reaction and normalize for Reverse Transcriptase (RT) efficiency. Either cyclophilin, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), ATPase, or 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is used as this endogenous control. To calculate relative quantitation between all the samples studied, the target RNA levels for one sample were used as the basis for comparative results (calibrator). Quantitation relative to the “calibrator” can be obtained using the comparative method (User Bulletin #2: ABI PRISM 7700 Sequence Detection System).

The tissue distribution and the level of the target gene are evaluated for every sample in normal and cancer tissues. Total RNA is extracted from normal tissues, cancer tissues, and from cancers and the corresponding matched adjacent tissues. Subsequently, first strand cDNA is prepared with reverse transcriptase and the polymerase chain reaction is done using primers and Taqman® probes specific to each target gene. The results are analyzed using the ABI PRISM 7700 Sequence Detector. The absolute numbers are relative levels of expression of the target gene in a particular tissue compared to the calibrator tissue.

One of ordinary skill can design appropriate primers. The relative levels of expression of the CSNA versus normal tissues and other cancer tissues can then be determined. All the values are compared to the calibrator. Normal RNA samples are commercially available pools, originated by pooling samples of a particular tissue from different individuals.

The relative levels of expression of the CSNA in pairs of matched samples may also be determined. A matched pair is formed by mRNA from the cancer sample for a particular tissue and mRNA from the normal adjacent sample for that same tissue from the same individual. All the values are compared to the calibrator.

In the analysis of matching samples, the CSNAs show a high degree of tissue specificity for the tissue of interest. These results confirm the tissue specificity results obtained with normal pooled samples. Further, the level of mRNA expression in cancer samples and the isogenic normal adjacent tissue from the same individual are compared. This comparison provides an indication of specificity for the cancer state (e.g. higher levels of mRNA expression in the cancer sample compared to the normal adjacent).

Informaton on the samples tested in the QPCR experiments below include the Sample ID (Smpl ID), Tissue, Tissue Type (Tiss Type), Diagnosis (DIAG), Disease Detail, and Stage or Grade (STG or GRD) in following table. Sample TISS ID Tissue TYPE DIAG DISEASE DETAIL STG or GRD AS12 Colon CAN T StageB AS12 Colon NAT NL AS46 Colon CAN malignant T3N1MX AS46 Colon NAT NAT B34 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma B34 Colon NAT NAT C9XR Colon CAN Rectum Cancer Stage D C9XR Colon NAT NAT CM67 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Stage II of cecum, Moderately differentiated CM67 Colon NAT NAT TX89 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Stave IV of Transverse Colon TX89 Colon NAT NAT AS43 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma malignant AS43 Colon NAT Adenocarcinoma NAT AS98 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma Moderately to Duke's C poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma AS98 Colon NAT NAT RS53 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma RS53 Colon NAT Adenocarcinoma NAT RC01 Colon CAN Cancer Stage IV RC01 Colon NAT NAT SG27 Colon CAN malig Stage B SG27 Colon NAT NAT DC19 Colon CAN T Stage B DC19 Colon NAT NL 401C Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma Stage III of ascending colon and cecum 401C Colon NAT NAT CM12 Colon CAN T Stage D CM12 Colon NAT Adenocarcinoma Nat TX01 Colon CAN Adenocarcinoma Moderately Stage II; differentiated T3NoMo adenocarcinoma of cecum TX01 Colon NAT NAT DC22 Colon CAN Cancer DC22 Colon NAT NAT 030B Urinary CAN Carcinoma invasive Stage Bladder Carcinoma, poorly III, Grade 3 differentiated 030B Urinary NAT NAT Bladder TR17 Urinary CAN Carcinoma transitional StageII/Grade Bladder cell carcinoma III TR17 Urinary NAT NAT Bladder 520B Urinary CAN Sarcomatoid Sarcomatoid Bladder transitional transitional cell carcinoma cell carcinoma 520B Urinary NAT NAT Bladder KS52 Cervix CAN Squamous cell Keratinizing IIIB, well carcinoma Squamous cell diff. G1; Carcinoma T3bNxM0 KS52 Cervix NAT NAT NK23 Cervix CAN Nonkeratinizing FIGO IIIB, Large Cell undiff. G4; T3bNxM0 NK23 Cervix NAT NAT NKS54 Cervix CAN Squamous cell Nonkeratinizing IIB, mod carcinoma Squamous Cell diff. G2; Carcinoma T2bNxM0 NKS54 Cervix NAT NAT NKS55 Cervix CAN Squamous cell Nonkeratinizing IIIB, Mod carcinoma Squamous Cell diff. G2; Carcinoma T3bNxM0 NKS55 Cervix NAT NAT NKS81 Cervix CAN Squamous cell large cell IIB carcinoma nonkeratinizing sq carc, IIB, moderately diff NKS81 Cervix NAT NAT NKS25 Cervix CAN NKS25 Cervix NAT NAT NKS18 Cervix CAN Squamous cell Nonkeratinizing GII carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma NKS18 Cervix NAT NAT 10479 Endometrium CAN malignant mixed T?, Nx, M1 mullerian tumor 10479 Endometrium NAT NAT 28XA Endometrium CAN Endometrial malignant II/III adenocarcinoma 28XA Endometrium NAT NAT II/III 8XA Endometrium CAN mod. diff, invasive, squamous differentiation, FIGO-II 8XA Endometrium NAT NAT 106XD Kidney CAN Renal cell renal cell 3 carcinoma, carcinoma, clear cell, localized 106XD Kidney NAT NL 107XD Kidney CAN Renal cell renal cell G III carcinoma carcinoma, clear cell, with metastatic 107XD Kidney NAT NL 109XD Kidney CAN Malignant G III 109XD Kidney NAT NL 10XD Kidney CAN Renal cell renal cell 3 carcinoma carcinoma, clear cell, localized, grade 2-3 10XD Kidney NAT NL 22K Kidney CAN Renal cell Renal cell G2, Mod. carcinoma carcinoma Diff. 22K Kidney NAT NAT 12XD Kidney CAN Renal cell Left renal cell carcinoma carcinoma 12XD Kidney NAT NAT 15XA Liver CAN Sarcoma, Retroperitoneal Grade-2 Tumor 15XA Liver NAT CA St. I, G4 174L Liver CAN Hepatocellular Moderate to well carcinoma differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma 174L Liver NAT Hepatocellular NAT carcinoma 187L Liver CAN Adenocarcinoma Metastatic Liver Adenocarcinoma (Gallbladder) 187L Liver NAT NAT 205L Lung CAN Adenocarcinoma poorly T2, N1, Mx differentiated adenocarcinoma 205L Lung NAT NAT 315L Lung CAN Squamous cell carcinoma 315L Lung NAT Adenocarcinoma NAT 507L Lung CAN Bronchioloalveolar bronchioalveolar Stage IB, carcinoma carcinoma G1, well diff. 507L Lung NAT NAT 528L Lung CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma St. IV, T2N0M1, infiltrating poorly diff. 528L Lung NAT NAT 8837L Lung CAN Squamous cell Squamous cell T2, N0, M0 carcinoma carcinoma 8837L Lung NAT NAT AC11 Lung CAN Adenocarcinoma poorly T2, N2, M1 differentiated adenocarcinoma AC11 Lung NAT NAT AC39 Lung CAN Adenocarcinoma intermediate T2, N2, Mx grade adnocarcinoma AC39 Lung NAT NAT SQ80 Lung CAN Squamous cell poorly T1, N1, M0 carcinoma differentiated squamous cell carcinoma SQ80 Lung NAT NAT SQ81 Lung CAN Squamous cell poorly T3, N1, Mx carcinoma differentiated squamous carcinoma SQ81 Lung NAT NAT 19DN Mammary CAN Invasive Invasive ductal G3, Stage ductal carcinoma IIA; T2N0M0 carcinoma 19DN Mammary NAT NAT 42DN Mammary CAN Invasive Invasive Ductal T3aN1M0 ductal Carcinoma IIIA, G3 carcinoma 42DN Mammary NAT NAT 517 Mammary CAN Infiltrating Infiltrating St. IIA, G3 ductal ductal carcinoma carcinoma 517 Mammary NAT NAT 781M Mammary CAN Invasive Architectural ductal grade- carcinoma 3/3, Nuclear grade-3/3 781M Mammary NAT NAT 869M Mammary CAN Invasive Invasive Stage IIA carcinoma Carcinoma G1; T2NoMo 869M Mammary NAT NAT 976M Mammary CAN Invasive Invasive Ductal T2N1M0 ductal Carcinoma (Stage 2B carcinoma Grade 2-3) 976M Mammary NAT NAT S570 Mammary CAN Carcinoma Carcinoma Stage IIA; T1N1Mo S570 Mammary NAT NAT S699 Mammary CAN Invasive Invasive Lobular Stage IIB lobular Carcinoma G1; T2N1Mo carcinoma S699 Mammary NAT NAT S997 Mammary CAN Invasive Invasive Ductal Stage IIB ductal Carcinoma G3; T2N1Mo carcinoma S997 Mammary NAT NAT G021 Ovary CAN Carcinoma St. IIIC, poorly Stage- diff. IIIC, poorly diff. G021 Ovary NAT NAT 1005O Ovary CAN papillary serous 3 and endometrioid ovarian carcinoma, concurrent metastatic breast cancer 1040O Ovary CAN papillary serous adeno, metastatic 105O Ovary CAN Papillary Serous Stage IC Carcinoma with G0; T1cN0M0 Focal Mucinous Differentiation 130X Ovary CAN Ovarian cancer 718O Ovary CAN Adenocarcinoma malignant tumor IIIC A1B Ovary CAN Adenocarcinoma CA 123O Ovary NRM Normal 18GA Ovary NRM NL 206I Ovary NRM NL 337O Ovary NRM Normal 40G Ovary NRM NL 515O Ovary NRM Normal C004 Ovary NRM NL C177 Ovary NRM several fluid filled cysts 451O Ovary NRM Normal Tissue 718O Ovary CAN Adenocarcinoma malignant tumor IIIC 71XL Pancreas CAN villous adenoma localized with paneth cell metaplasia 71XL Pancreas NAT NL 82XP Pancreas CAN serious cystadenoma 82XP Pancreas NAT NL 92X Pancreas CAN Ductal ductal mod to adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma focally poorly diff. 92X Pancreas NAT NL 77X Pancreas CAN Hepatic Hepatic adenoma adenoma 77X Pancreas NAT NL 23B Prostate CAN Prostate tumor Gleason's 3 + 4 23B Prostate NAT NAT 65XB Prostate CAN Adenocarcinoma adenocarcinom 3 + 4 = 7 65XB Prostate NAT NL 675P Prostate CAN Adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma 675P Prostate NAT Normal 84XB Prostate CAN Adenocarcinoma adenocarcinom 2 + 3 84XB Prostate NAT NL 958P Prostate CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma T2C, NO, MX 958P Prostate NAT NAT Normal 263C Prostate BPH BPH 276P Prostate BPH BPH 767B Prostate BPH prostate BPH 855P Prostate BPH BPH 10R Prostate PROST active chronic T0, N0, M0 prostatitis 20R Prostate PROST PROSTATITIS 287S Skin CAN Squamous cell Invasive Moderately carcinoma Keratinizing Differentiated Squamous Cell Carcinoma 287S Skin NAT NAT 39A Skin CAN CA St. II 39A Skin NAT CA St. II 669S Skin CAN Melanoma Nodular malignant melanoma 669S Skin NAT NAT 171S Small CAN Adenocarcinoma Moderately Intestine differentiated Adenocarcinoma, invasive 171S Small NAT NAT Intestine 20SM Small CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma, St. IV, Intestine metastic to lung poorly & liver diff. 20SM Small NAT NAT Intestine H89 Small CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcimoa 80% tumor, Intestine 50% necrosis, moderately differentiated, G2-3; T3N1MX H89 Small NAT Adenocarcinoma NAT Intestine 261S Stomach CAN Signet-ring Signet-ring cell Stage IIIA, cell carcinoma carcinoma T3N1M0 261S Stomach NAT NAT 288S Stomach CAN Adenocarcinoma Infiltrating Moderately Adneocarcinoma Differentiated 288S Stomach NAT NAT AC93 Stomach CAN Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma St. IV, G4, or T4N3M0, 509L poorly diff. AC93 Stomach NAT NAT or 509L 88S Stomach CAN Adenocarcinoma Mucinous T3N1M0, St. adenocarcinoma IIIA 88S Stomach NAT NAT 143N Thyroid CAN Follicular Follicular Gland carcinoma Carcinoma 143N Thyroid NAT NAT Gland 270T Thyroid CAN CA Gland 270T Thyroid NAT NAT Gland 56T Thyroid CAN Papillary Papillary St. III; Gland carcinoma Carcinoma T4N1M0 56T Thyroid NAT NAT Gland 39X Testes CAN CA 39X Testes NAT NAT 647T Testes CAN Teratocarcinoma Teratocarcinoma Stage IA 647T Testes NAT Teratocarcinoma NAT 663T Testes CAN Teratocarcinoma Teratocarcinoma 663T Testes NAT NAT 135XO Uterus CAN Uterus normal 135XO Uterus NAT Uterus tumor 85XU Uterus CAN endometrial I carcinoma 85XU Uterus NAT NL B1 Blood NRM Normal B3 Blood NRM Normal B5 Blood NRM Normal B6 Blood NRM Normal B11 Blood NRM Normal 982B Blood NRM Normal B69 Blood NRM Normal B72 Blood NRM Normal B73 Blood NRM Normal B75 Blood NRM Normal 48AD Adrenal NRM Normal Gland 10BR Brain NRM Normal 01CL Colon NRM Normal 06CV Cervix NRM Normal 01ES Esophagus NRM Normal 46HR Heart NRM Normal 00HR Human CAN CAN Cancer pool Reference 55KD Kidney NRM Normal 89LV Liver NRM Normal 90LN Lung NRM Normal 01MA Mammary NRM Normal 84MU Skeletal NRM Normal Muscle 3APV Ovary NRM Normal 04PA Pancreas NRM Normal 59PL Placenta NRM Normal 09PR Prostate NRM Normal 21RC Rectum NRM Normal 59SM Small NRM Normal Intestine 7GSP Spleen NRM Normal 09ST Stomach NRM Normal 4GTS Testes NRM Normal 99TM Thymus NRM Normal Gland 16TR Trachea NRM Normal 57UT Uterus NRM Normal DEX0450_(—)007.nt.1 (Cln260)

The relative expression level of Cln260 in various tissue samples is included below. Tissue samples include 78 pairs of matching samples, 7 non matched cancer samples, and 34 normal samples, all from various tissues annotated in the table. A matching pair is formed by mRNA from the cancer sample for a particular tissue and mRNA from the normal adjacent sample for that same tissue from the same individual. Of the normal samples 4 were blood samples which measured the expression levels in blood cells. Additionally, 2 prostatitis, and 4 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) samples are included. All the values are compared to colon cancer sample CLNC9XR (calibrator).

The table below contains the relative expression level values for the sample as compared to the calibrator. The table includes the Sample ID and expression level values for the following samples: Cancer (CAN), Normal Adjacent Tissue (NAT), Normal Tissue (NRM), Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), and Prostatitis (PROST). Sample ID CAN NAT NRM BPH PROST CLNAS12 0.28 0.60 CLNAS46 1.08 0.07 CLNB34 0.52 0.00 CLNC9XR 1.00 0.36 CLNCM67 0.99 0.78 CLNTX89 1.14 1.87 CLNAS43 0.00 0.00 CLNAS98 0.00 0.00 CLNRS53 4.88 6.41 CLNRC01 5.96 1.53 CLNSG27 0.00 1.92 CLNDC19 6.28 0.00 CLN401C 4.67 4.98 CLNCM12 1.29 0.00 CLNTX01 3.99 0.00 BLD030B 0.90 0.00 BLD520B 0.00 0.67 BLDTR17 0.00 0.79 CVXKS52 0.00 1.28 CVXNK23 0.73 0.00 CVXNKS54 0.00 0.00 CVXNKS55 0.00 0.00 CVXNKS81 0.00 0.00 ENDO10479 0.00 6.68 ENDO28XA 0.00 2.17 ENDO8XA 0.00 0.16 KID106XD 0.00 0.00 KID107XD 4.62 0.00 KID109XD 1.15 0.00 KID10XD 6.52 0.00 KID22K 0.11 0.12 LNG205L 0.00 0.00 LNG315L 5.00 0.00 LNG507L 0.00 0.00 LNG528L 0.00 0.00 LNG8837L 1.78 1.31 LNGAC11 0.32 0.00 LNGAC39 0.00 0.00 LNGSQ80 0.00 0.00 LNGSQ81 0.00 3.36 LVR15XA 0.60 0.36 LVR174L 0.00 1.25 LVR187L 0.00 1.21 MAM19DN 0.00 0.00 MAM42DN 0.00 0.00 MAM517 0.00 0.00 MAM781M 0.00 0.00 MAM869M 2.67 0.00 MAM976M 0.00 0.00 MAMS570 0.00 0.00 MAMS699 7.10 0.00 MAMS997 0.00 0.00 OVRG021 0.00 0.00 OVR1005O 0.00 OVR1040O 0.56 OVR105O 3.85 OVR130X 0.00 OVR718O 0.00 OVRA1B 0.95 OVR123O 0.00 OVR18GA 2.81 OVR206I 0.00 OVR337O 0.00 OVR40G 2.37 OVR515O 0.00 OVRC004 0.00 OVRC177 0.00 PAN71XL 0.00 0.00 PAN82XP 2.06 0.00 PAN92X 0.00 0.00 PRO23B 0.00 0.00 PRO65XB 0.00 0.49 PRO675P 0.00 0.00 PRO84XB 0.00 0.00 PRO958P 0.61 5.74 PRO263C 0.00 PRO276P 0.00 PRO767B 0.00 PRO855P 1.29 PRO10R 0.00 PRO20R 0.00 SKN287S 0.00 0.00 SKN39A 0.00 0.00 SKN669S 0.00 0.00 SMINT171S 0.00 0.00 SMINT20SM 0.00 0.00 SMINTH89 0.00 0.00 STO261S 0.00 0.00 STO288S 1.05 0.00 STO88S 0.00 0.00 THRD143N 2.72 0.00 THRD270T 0.00 0.00 THRD56T 0.00 0.00 TST39X 0.00 0.00 TST647T 0.00 1.74 TST663T 3.23 4.68 UTR135XO 0.00 0.00 UTR85XU 26.65 1.06 BLOB3 0.00 BLOB6 0.00 BLOB11 0.00 BLO982B 0.00 ADR48AD 0.00 HUMREF00HR 0.00 BRN10BR 0.00 CLN01CL 0.87 ESO01ES 0.00 HRT46HR 0.00 KID55KD 0.32 LVR89LV 0.00 LNG90LN 1.06 MAM01MA 0.00 MSL84MU 0.00 OVR3APV 0.14 PAN04PA 0.54 PLA59PL 0.00 PRO09PR 1.53 REC21RC 0.00 SMINT59SM 0.95 SPL7GSP 1.36 STO09ST 0.00 THYM99TM 0.00 TRA16TR 0.00 TST4GTS 7.07 UTR57UT 2.99 0.00 = Negative or Not Detected

The sensitivity for Cln260 expression was calculated for the cancer samples versus normal samples. The sensitivity value indicates the percentage of cancer samples that show levels of Cln260 at least 2 fold higher than the normal tissue or the corresponding normal adjacent form the same patient.

This specificity is an indication of the level of colon tissue specific expression of the transcript compared to all the other tissue types tested in our assay. Thus, these experiments indicate Cln260 being useful as a colon cancer diagnostic marker and/or therapeutic target.

Sensitivity and specificity data is reported in the table below. CLN LNG MAM OVR PRO Sensitivity, 47% 22% 22%  0%  0% Up vs. NAT Sensitivity, 13% 11%  0%  0%  40% Down vs. NAT Sensitivity, 33% 11% 22% 43%  0% Up vs. NRM Sensitivity, 27% 78%  0%  0% 100% Down vs. NRM Specificity 70.93%   64.13%   61.96%   64.52%   63.98%  

Altogether, the tissue specificity, plus the mRNA differential expression in the samples tested are believed to make Cln260 a good marker for diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and/or treating colon cancer.

Additionally, the tissue specificity, plus the mRNA differential expression in the samples tested are believed to make Cln260 a good marker for diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and/or treating ovarian cancer.

Primers used for QPCR Expression Analysis of Cln260 are as follows: (Cln260_forward): GGCCAACTCTTTTTACTCCTTCATT (SEQ ID NO: 249) (Cln260_reverse): CAGGAGCATCTCCGTTTTCATT (SEQ ID NO: 250) (Cln260_probe): TCCAGTAGTTGGGCAGTGCTGGCA (SEQ ID NO: 251) DEX0450_(—)053.nt.1 (Cln261)

The relative expression level of Cln261 in various tissue samples is included below. Tissue samples include 78 pairs of matching samples, 8 non matched cancer samples, and 36 normal samples, all from various tissues annotated in the table. A matching pair is formed by mRNA from the cancer sample for a particular tissue and mRNA from the normal adjacent sample for that same tissue from the same individual. Of the normal samples 5 were blood samples which measured the expression levels in blood cells. Additionally, 2 prostatitis, and 4 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) samples are included. All the values are compared to normal breast sample Mam01MA (calibrator).

The table below contains the relative expression level values for the sample as compared to the calibrator. The table includes the Sample ID and expression level values for the following samples: Cancer (CAN), Normal Adjacent Tissue (NAT), Normal Tissue (NRM), Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), and Prostatitis (PROST). Sample ID CAN NAT NRM BPH PROST CLNAS12 1.30 0.14 CLNAS46 0.55 0.69 CLNB34 0.89 0.00 CLNCM67 1.18 0.14 CLNDC22 0.31 3.01 CLNTX89 0.81 0.21 CLN401C 0.65 0.38 CLNAS43 1.56 0.72 CLNAS98 0.14 0.19 CLNCM12 0.34 0.06 CLNDC19 0.89 0.40 CLNRC01 1.54 0.28 CLNRS53 2.47 1.29 CLNSG27 1.62 0.27 CLNTX01 0.85 0.85 BLD030B 2.56 1.55 BLD520B 0.48 1.04 BLDTR17 1.50 0.71 CVXKS52 1.87 0.34 CVXNKS55 1.11 1.04 CVXNKS25 2.45 2.61 CVXNKS18 0.06 0.32 CVXNKS54 2.53 1.33 ENDO10479 16.57 2.34 ENDO28XA 3.15 1.37 ENDO8XA 0.32 2.21 KID106XD 0.09 0.10 KID12XD 0.14 1.54 KID10XD 0.11 0.04 KID22K 0.23 0.14 KID107XD 0.42 0.18 LNG205L 2.84 0.22 LNG315L 2.27 1.88 LNG507L 1.74 0.99 LNG528L 7.04 2.07 LNG8837L 4.48 0.98 LNGAC11 1.78 1.93 LNGAC39 11.41 2.38 LNGSQ80 3.11 1.94 LNGSQ81 4.22 3.14 LVR15XA 0.16 0.06 LVR174L 0.01 0.05 LVR187L 0.06 0.50 MAM19DN 0.90 0.42 MAM42DN 1.21 0.65 MAM517 0.99 0.07 MAM781M 0.67 0.29 MAM869M 0.62 0.13 MAM976M 0.33 0.39 MAMS570 0.08 0.86 MAMS699 0.66 0.88 MAMS997 3.12 1.05 OVRG021 0.71 3.06 OVR206I 1.06 OVR515O 0.52 OVR18GA 0.73 OVR337O 0.65 OVR123O 0.00 OVRC177 0.57 OVR40G 1.11 OVR1005O 0.61 OVR1040O 4.19 OVR105O 0.53 OVR130X 3.60 OVR451O 0.90 OVR718O 1.88 OVRA1B 3.31 PAN71XL 0.40 0.40 PAN77X 0.09 PAN92X 0.21 0.71 PRO10R 3.68 PRO20R 2.16 PRO23B 0.07 0.12 PRO263C 1.40 PRO276P 0.08 PRO65XB 0.03 0.07 PRO675P 0.13 0.09 PRO767B 1.33 PRO84XB 0.10 0.31 PRO855P 0.05 PRO958P 0.09 0.06 SKN287S 0.27 0.21 SKN39A 0.24 0.16 SKN669S 0.45 0.10 SMINT171S 0.16 0.08 SMINT20SM 0.16 0.11 SMINTH89 0.60 0.17 STO261S 0.27 0.24 STO288S 0.30 0.11 STOAC93 0.26 0.50 STO88S 0.29 0.03 THRD143N 9.86 4.19 THRD270T 3.59 2.98 THRD56T 0.29 0.20 TST39X 12.51 9.60 TST647T 17.27 3.65 TST663T 13.34 5.10 UTR135XO 7.21 5.38 UTR85XU 19.32 8.35 BLOB3 0.02 BLOB11 0.53 BLO69 0.13 BLO72 0.19 BLO73 0.43 ADR48AD 0.06 BRN10BR 0.33 CLN01CL 0.14 CVX06CV 1.28 ESO01ES 2.01 HRT46HR 0.66 HUMREF00HR 2.61 KID55KD 0.48 LVR89LV 0.05 LNG90LN 14.35 MAM01MA 1.00 MSL84MU 1.62 OVR3APV 4.73 PAN04PA 0.23 PLA59PL 1.23 PRO09PR 1.09 REC21RC 0.22 SMINT59SM 0.15 SPL7GSP 1.74 STO09ST 0.33 THYM99TM 0.54 TRA16TR 0.97 TST4GTS 2.46 UTR57UT 1.28 0.00 = Negative or Not Detected

The sensitivity for Cln261 expression was calculated for the cancer samples versus normal samples. The sensitivity value indicates the percentage of cancer samples that show levels of Cln261 at least 2 fold higher than the normal tissue or the corresponding normal adjacent form the same patient.

This specificity is an indication of the level of colon tissue specific expression of the transcript compared to all the other tissue types tested in our assay. Thus, these experiments indicate Cln261 being useful as a colon cancer diagnostic marker and/or therapeutic target.

Sensitivity and specificity data is reported in the table below. CLN LNG MAM OVR PRO Sensitivity, 60% 44% 56% 0% 0% Up vs. NAT Sensitivity,  7%  0% 11% 0% 40%  Down vs. NAT Sensitivity, 93%  0% 11% 57%  0% Up vs. NRM Sensitivity,  0% 89% 22% 0% 100%  Down vs. NRM Specificity 12.57%   37.43%   8.56%   25.93%    1.06%  

Altogether, the tissue specificity, plus the mRNA differential expression in the samples tested are believed to make Cln261 a good marker for diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating colon cancer.

Primers used for QPCR Expression Analysis of Cln261 are as follows: (Cln261_forward): TCGGCAGACATGTGCATTG (SEQ ID NO: 252) (Cln261_reverse): CGTTGCTTGTACGCTCCGTAA (SEQ ID NO: 253) (Cln261_probe): CATTGCGATTTCTCTTCTCATGATCCTGATATG (SEQ ID NO: 254)

CONCLUSIONS

Altogether, the high level of tissue specificity, plus the mRNA overexpression in matched samples tested are indicative of SEQ ID NO: 1-94 being a diagnostic marker and/or a therapeutic target for cancer.

Example 3 Protein Expression

The CSNA is amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the amplified DNA fragment encoding the CSNA is subcloned in pET-21d for expression in E. coli. In addition to the CSNA coding sequence, codons for two amino acids, Met-Ala, flanking the NH₂-terminus of the coding sequence of CSNA, and six histidines, flanking the COOH-terminus of the coding sequence of CSNA, are incorporated to serve as initiating Met/restriction site and purification tag, respectively.

An over-expressed protein band of the appropriate molecular weight may be observed on a Coomassie blue stained polyacrylamide gel. This protein band is confirmed by Western blot analysis using monoclonal antibody against 6× Histidine tag.

Large-scale purification of CSP is achieved using cell paste generated from 6-liter bacterial cultures, and purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). Soluble fractions that are separated from total cell lysate were incubated with a nickel chelating resin. The column is packed and washed with five column volumes of wash buffer. CSP is eluted stepwise with various concentration imidazole buffers.

Example 4 Fusion Proteins

The human Fc portion of the IgG molecule can be PCR amplified, using primers that span the 5′ and 3′ ends of the sequence described below. These primers also should have convenient restriction enzyme sites that will facilitate cloning into an expression vector, preferably a mammalian expression vector. For example, if pC4 (Accession No. 209646) is used, the human Fc portion can be ligated into the BamHI cloning site. Note that the 3′ BamHI site should be destroyed. Next, the vector containing the human Fc portion is re-restricted with BamHI, linearizing the vector, and a polynucleotide of the present invention, isolated by the PCR protocol described in Example 2, is ligated into this BamHI site. Note that the polynucleotide is cloned without a stop codon, otherwise a fusion protein will not be produced. If the naturally occurring signal sequence is used to produce the secreted protein, pC4 does not need a second signal peptide. Alternatively, if the naturally occurring signal sequence is not used, the vector can be modified to include a heterologous signal sequence. See, e.g., WO 96/34891.

Example 5 Production of an Antibody from a Polypeptide

In general, such procedures involve immunizing an animal (preferably a mouse) with polypeptide or, more preferably, with a secreted polypeptide-expressing cell. Such cells may be cultured in any suitable tissue culture medium; however, it is preferable to culture cells in Earle's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (inactivated at about 56° C.), and supplemented with about 10 g/l of nonessential amino acids, about 1,000 U/ml of penicillin, and about 100, μg/ml of streptomycin. The splenocytes of such mice are extracted and fused with a suitable myeloma cell line. Any suitable myeloma cell line may be employed in accordance with the present invention; however, it is preferable to employ the parent myeloma cell line (SP20), available from the ATCC. After fusion, the resulting hybridoma cells are selectively maintained in HAT medium, and then cloned by limiting dilution as described by Wands et al., Gastroenterology 80: 225-232 (1981).

The hybridoma cells obtained through such a selection are then assayed to identify clones which secrete antibodies capable of binding the polypeptide. Alternatively, additional antibodies capable of binding to the polypeptide can be produced in a two-step procedure using anti-idiotypic antibodies. Such a method makes use of the fact that antibodies are themselves antigens, and therefore, it is possible to obtain an antibody which binds to a second antibody. In accordance with this method, protein specific antibodies are used to immunize an animal, preferably a mouse. The splenocytes of such an animal are then used to produce hybridoma cells, and the hybridoma cells are screened to identify clones which produce an antibody whose ability to bind to the protein-specific antibody can be blocked by the polypeptide. Such antibodies comprise anti-idiotypic antibodies to the protein specific antibody and can be used to immunize an animal to induce formation of further protein-specific antibodies.

Example 6 Method of Determining Alterations in a Gene Corresponding to a Polynucleotide

RNA is isolated from individual patients or from a family of individuals that have a phenotype of interest. cDNA is then generated from these RNA samples using protocols known in the art. See, Sambrook (2001), supra. The cDNA is then used as a template for PCR, employing primers surrounding regions of interest in SEQ ID NO: 1-94. Suggested PCR conditions consist of 35 cycles at 95° C. for 30 seconds; 60-120 seconds at 52-58° C.; and 60-120 seconds at 70° C., using buffer solutions described in Sidransky et al., Science 252(5006): 706-9 (1991). See also Sidransky et al., Science 278(5340): 1054-9 (1997).

PCR products are then sequenced using primers labeled at their 5′ end with T4 polynucleotide kinase, employing SequiTherm Polymerase. (Epicentre Technologies). The intron-exon borders of selected exons are also determined and genomic PCR products analyzed to confirm the results. PCR products harboring suspected mutations are then cloned and sequenced to validate the results of the direct sequencing. PCR products is cloned into T-tailed vectors as described in Holton et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 19: 1156 (1991) and sequenced with T7 polymerase (United States Biochemical). Affected individuals are identified by mutations not present in unaffected individuals.

Genomic rearrangements may also be determined. Genomic clones are nick-translated with digoxigenin deoxyuridine 5′ triphosphate (Boehringer Manheim), and FISH is performed as described in Johnson et al., Methods Cell Biol. 35: 73-99 (1991). Hybridization with the labeled probe is carried out using a vast excess of human cot-1 DNA for specific hybridization to the corresponding genomic locus.

Chromosomes are counterstained with 4,6-diamino-2-phenylidole and propidium iodide, producing a combination of C-and R-bands. Aligned images for precise mapping are obtained using a triple-band filter set (Chroma Technology, Brattleboro, Vt.) in combination with a cooled charge-coupled device camera (Photometrics, Tucson, Arz.) and variable excitation wavelength filters. Johnson (1991). Image collection, analysis and chromosomal fractional length measurements are performed using the ISee Graphical Program System. (Inovision Corporation, Durham, N.C.) Chromosome alterations of the genomic region hybridized by the probe are identified as insertions, deletions, and translocations. These alterations are used as a diagnostic marker for an associated disease.

Example 7 Method of Detecting Abnormal Levels of a Polypeptide in a Biological Sample

Antibody-sandwich ELISAs are used to detect polypeptides in a sample, preferably a biological sample. Wells of a microtiter plate are coated with specific antibodies, at a final concentration of 0.2 to 10 ug/ml. The antibodies are either monoclonal or polyclonal and are produced by the method described above. The wells are blocked so that non-specific binding of the polypeptide to the well is reduced. The coated wells are then incubated for >2 hours at RT with a sample containing the polypeptide. Preferably, serial dilutions of the sample should be used to validate results. The plates are then washed three times with deionized or distilled water to remove unbound polypeptide. Next, 50 μ1 of specific antibody-alkaline phosphatase conjugate, at a concentration of 25-400 ng, is added and incubated for 2 hours at room temperature. The plates are again washed three times with deionized or distilled water to remove unbound conjugate. 75 μl of 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate (MUP) or p-nitrophenyl phosphate (NPP) substrate solution are added to each well and incubated 1 hour at room temperature.

The reaction is measured by a microtiter plate reader. A standard curve is prepared, using serial dilutions of a control sample, and polypeptide concentrations are plotted on the X-axis (log scale) and fluorescence or absorbance on the Y-axis (linear scale). The concentration of the polypeptide in the sample is calculated using the standard curve.

Example 8 Formulating a Polypeptide

The secreted polypeptide composition will be formulated and dosed in a fashion consistent with good medical practice, taking into account the clinical condition of the individual patient (especially the side effects of treatment with the secreted polypeptide alone), the site of delivery, the method of administration, the scheduling of administration, and other factors known to practitioners. The “effective amount” for purposes herein is thus determined by such considerations.

As a general proposition, the total pharmaceutically effective amount of secreted polypeptide administered parenterally per dose will be in the range of about 1, μg/kg/day to 10 mg/kg/day of patient body weight, although, as noted above, this will be subject to therapeutic discretion. More preferably, this dose is at least 0.01 mg/kg/day, and most preferably for humans between about 0.01 and 1 mg/kg/day for the hormone. If given continuously, the secreted polypeptide is typically administered at a dose rate of about 1 μl/kg/hour to about 50 mg/kg/hour, either by 1-4 injections per day or by continuous subcutaneous infusions, for example, using a mini-pump. An intravenous bag solution may also be employed. The length of treatment needed to observe changes and the interval following treatment for responses to occur appears to vary depending on the desired effect.

Pharmaceutical compositions containing the secreted protein of the invention are administered orally, rectally, parenterally, intracistemally, intravaginally, intraperitoneally, topically (as by powders, ointments, gels, drops or transdermal patch), bucally, or as an oral or nasal spray. “Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to a non-toxic-solid, semisolid or liquid filler, diluent, encapsulating material or formulation auxiliary of any type. The term “parenteral” as used herein refers to modes of administration which include intravenous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intrasternal, subcutaneous and intraarticular injection and infusion.

The secreted polypeptide is also suitably administered by sustained-release systems. Suitable examples of sustained-release compositions include semipermeable polymer matrices in the form of shaped articles, e.g., films, or microcapsules. Sustained-release matrices include polylactides (U.S. Pat. No. 3,773,919, EP 58,481, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety), copolymers of L-glutamic acid and gamma-ethyl-L-glutamate (Sidman, U. et al., Biopolymers 22: 547-556 (1983)), poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (R. Langer et al., J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 15: 167-277 (1981), and R. Langer, Chem. Tech. 12: 98-105 (1982)), ethylene vinyl acetate (R. Langer et al.) or poly-D-(−)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (EP 133,988). Sustained-release compositions also include liposomally entrapped polypeptides. Liposomes containing the secreted polypeptide are prepared by methods known per se: DE Epstein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 3688-3692 (1985); Hwang et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77: 4030-4034 (1980); EP 52,322; EP 36,676; EP 88,046; EP 143,949; EP 142,641; Japanese Pat. Appl. 83-118008; U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,485,045 and 4,544,545; and EP 102,324, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Ordinarily, the liposomes are of the small (about 200-800 Angstroms) unilamellar type in which the lipid content is greater than about 30 mol. percent cholesterol, the selected proportion being adjusted for the optimal secreted polypeptide therapy.

For parenteral administration, in one embodiment, the secreted polypeptide is formulated generally by mixing it at the desired degree of purity, in a unit dosage injectable form (solution, suspension, or emulsion), with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, i.e., one that is non-toxic to recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed and is compatible with other ingredients of the formulation.

For example, the formulation preferably does not include oxidizing agents and other compounds that are known to be deleterious to polypeptides. Generally, the formulations are prepared by contacting the polypeptide uniformly and intimately with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both. Then, if necessary, the product is shaped into the desired formulation. Preferably, the carrier is a parenteral carrier, more preferably, a solution that is isotonic with the blood of the recipient Examples of such carrier vehicles include water, saline, Ringer's solution, and dextrose solution. Non-aqueous vehicles such as fixed oils and ethyl oleate are also useful herein, as well as liposomes.

The carrier suitably contains minor amounts of additives such as substances that enhance isotonicity and chemical stability. Such materials are non-toxic to recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed, and include buffers such as phosphate, citrate, succinate, acetic acid, and other organic acids or their salts; antioxidants such as ascorbic acid; low molecular weight (less than about ten residues) polypeptides, e. g., polyarginine or tripeptides; proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids, such as glycine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, or arginine; monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates including cellulose or its derivatives, glucose, manose, or dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugar alcohols such as mannitol or sorbitol; counterions such as sodium; and/or nonionic surfactants such as polysorbates, poloxamers, or PEG.

The secreted polypeptide is typically formulated in such vehicles at a concentration of about 0.1 mg/ml to 100 mg/ml, preferably 1-10 mg/ml, at a pH of about 3 to 8. It will be understood that the use of certain of the foregoing excipients, carriers, or stabilizers will result in the formation of polypeptide salts.

Any polypeptide to be used for therapeutic administration can be sterile. Sterility is readily accomplished by filtration through sterile filtration membranes (e.g., 0.2 micron membranes). Therapeutic polypeptide compositions generally are placed into a container having a sterile access port, for example, an intravenous solution bag or vial having a stopper pierceable by a hypodermic injection needle.

Polypeptides ordinarily will be stored in unit or multi-dose containers, for example, sealed ampules or vials, as an aqueous solution or as a lyophilized formulation for reconstitution. As an example of a lyophilized formulation, 10-ml vials are filled with 5 ml of sterile-filtered 1% (w/v) aqueous polypeptide solution, and the resulting mixture is lyophilized. The infusion solution is prepared by reconstituting the lyophilized polypeptide using bacteriostatic Water-for-Injection.

The invention also provides a pharmaceutical pack or kit comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients of the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention. Associated with such container(s) can be a notice in the form prescribed by a governmental agency regulating the manufacture, use or sale of pharmaceuticals or biological products, which notice reflects approval by the agency of manufacture, use or sale for human administration. In addition, the polypeptides of the present invention may be employed in conjunction with other therapeutic compounds.

Example 9 Method of Treating Decreased Levels of the Polypeptide

It will be appreciated that conditions caused by a decrease in the standard or normal expression level of a secreted protein in an individual can be treated by administering the polypeptide of the present invention, preferably in the secreted form. Thus, the invention also provides a method of treatment of an individual in need of an increased level of the polypeptide comprising administering to such an individual a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of the polypeptide to increase the activity level of the polypeptide in such an individual.

For example, a patient with decreased levels of a polypeptide receives a daily dose 0.1-100 ug/kg of the polypeptide for six consecutive days. Preferably, the polypeptide is in the secreted form. The exact details of the dosing scheme, based on administration and formulation, are provided above.

Example 10 Method of Treating Increased Levels of the Polypeptide

Antisense or RNAi technology are used to inhibit production of a polypeptide of the present invention. This technology is one example of a method of decreasing levels of a polypeptide, preferably a secreted form, due to a variety of etiologies, such as cancer.

For example, a patient diagnosed with abnormally increased levels of a polypeptide is administered intravenously antisense polynucleotides at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 mg/kg day for 21 days. This treatment is repeated after a 7-day rest period if the treatment was well tolerated. The formulation of the antisense polynucleotide is provided above.

Example 11 Method of Treatment Using Gene Therapy

One method of gene therapy transplants fibroblasts, which are capable of expressing a polypeptide, onto a patient. Generally, fibroblasts are obtained from a subject by skin biopsy. The resulting tissue is placed in tissue-culture medium and separated into small pieces. Small chunks of the tissue are placed on a wet surface of a tissue culture flask, approximately ten pieces are placed in each flask. The flask is turned upside down, closed tight and left at room temperature over night. After 24 hours at room temperature, the flask is inverted and the chunks of tissue remain fixed to the bottom of the flask and fresh media (e. g., Ham's F12 media, with 10% FBS, penicillin and streptomycin) is added. The flasks are then incubated at 37° C. for approximately one week.

At this time, fresh media is added and subsequently changed every several days. After an additional two weeks in culture, a monolayer of fibroblasts emerge. The monolayer is trypsinized and scaled into larger flasks. pMV-7 (Kirschmeier, P. T. et al., DNA, 7: 219-25 (1988)), flanked by the long terminal repeats of the Moloney murine sarcoma virus, is digested with EcoRI and HindIII and subsequently treated with calf intestinal phosphatase. The linear vector is fractionated on agarose gel and purified, using glass beads.

The cDNA encoding a polypeptide of the present invention can be amplified using PCR primers which correspond to the 5′ and 3′ end sequences respectively as set forth in Example 3. Preferably, the 5′ primer contains an EcoRI site and the 3′ primer includes a HindIII site. Equal quantities of the Moloney murine sarcoma virus linear backbone and the amplified EcoRI and HindIII fragment are added together, in the presence of T4 DNA ligase. The resulting mixture is maintained under conditions appropriate for ligation of the two fragments. The ligation mixture is then used to transform bacteria HB 101, which are then plated onto agar containing kanamycin for the purpose of confirming that the vector has the gene of interest properly inserted.

The amphotropic pA317 or GP+aml2 packaging cells are grown in tissue culture to confluent density in Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium (DMEM) with 10% calf serum (CS), penicillin and streptomycin. The MSV vector containing the gene is then added to the media and the packaging cells transduced with the vector. The packaging cells now produce infectious viral particles containing the gene (the packaging cells are now referred to as producer cells).

Fresh media is added to the transduced producer cells, and subsequently, the media is harvested from a 10 cm plate of confluent producer cells. The spent media, containing the infectious viral particles, is filtered through a millipore filter to remove detached producer cells and this media is then used to infect fibroblast cells. Media is removed from a sub-confluent plate of fibroblasts and quickly replaced with the media from the producer cells. This media is removed and replaced with fresh media.

If the titer of virus is high, then virtually all fibroblasts will be infected and no selection is required. If the titer is very low, then it is necessary to use a retroviral vector that has a selectable marker, such as neo or his. Once the fibroblasts have been efficiently infected, the fibroblasts are analyzed to determine whether protein is produced.

The engineered fibroblasts are then transplanted onto the host, either alone or after having been grown to confluence on cytodex 3 microcarrier beads.

Example 12 Method of Treatment Using Gene Therapy-In Vivo

Another aspect of the present invention is using in vivo gene therapy methods to treat disorders, diseases and conditions. The gene therapy method relates to the introduction of naked nucleic acid (DNA, RNA, and antisense DNA or RNA) sequences into an animal to increase or decrease the expression of the polypeptide.

The polynucleotide of the present invention may be operatively linked to a promoter or any other genetic elements necessary for the expression of the polypeptide by the target tissue. Such gene therapy and delivery techniques and methods are known in the art, see, for example, Tabata H. et al. Cardiovasc. Res. 35 (3): 470-479 (1997); Chao J et al. Pharmacol. Res. 35 (6): 517-522 (1997); Wolff J. A. Neuromuscul. Disord. 7 (5): 314-318 (1997), Schwartz B. et al. Gene Ther. 3 (5): 405-411 (1996); and Tsurumi Y. et al. Circulation 94 (12): 3281-3290 (1996); WO 90/11092, WO 98/11779; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,693,622; 5,705,151; 5,580,859, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

The polynucleotide constructs may be delivered by any method that delivers injectable materials to the cells of an animal, such as, injection into the interstitial space of tissues (heart, muscle, skin, colon, liver, intestine and the like). The polynucleotide constructs can be delivered in a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid or aqueous carrier.

The term “naked” polynucleotide, DNA or RNA, refers to sequences that are free from any delivery vehicle that acts to assist, promote, or facilitate entry into the cell, including viral sequences, viral particles, liposome formulations, lipofectin or precipitating agents and the like. However, the polynucleotides of the present invention may also be delivered in liposome formulations (such as those taught in Felgner P. L. et al. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 772: 126-139 (1995) and Abdallah B. et al. Biol. Cell 85 (1): 1-7 (1995)) which can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art.

The polynucleotide vector constructs used in the gene therapy method are preferably constructs that will not integrate into the host genome nor will they contain sequences that allow for replication. Any strong promoter known to those skilled in the art can be used for driving the expression of DNA. Unlike other gene therapies techniques, one major advantage of introducing naked nucleic acid sequences into target cells is the transitory nature of the polynucleotide synthesis in the cells. Studies have shown that non-replicating DNA sequences can be introduced into cells to provide production of the desired polypeptide for periods of up to six months.

The polynucleotide construct can be delivered to the interstitial space of tissues within the an animal, including of muscle, skin, brain, colon, liver, spleen, bone marrow, thymus, heart, lymph, blood, bone, cartilage, pancreas, kidney, gall bladder, stomach, intestine, testis, ovary, uterus, rectum, nervous system, eye, gland, and connective tissue. Interstitial space of the tissues comprises the intercellular fluid, mucopolysaccharide matrix among the reticular fibers of organ tissues, elastic fibers in the walls of vessels or chambers, collagen fibers of fibrous tissues, or that same matrix within connective tissue ensheathing muscle cells or in the lacunae of bone. It is similarly the space occupied by the plasma of the circulation and the lymph fluid of the lymphatic channels. Delivery to the interstitial space of muscle tissue is preferred for the reasons discussed below. They may be conveniently delivered by injection into the tissues comprising these cells. They are preferably delivered to and expressed in persistent, non-dividing cells which are differentiated, although delivery and expression may be achieved in non-differentiated or less completely differentiated cells, such as, for example, stem cells of blood or skin fibroblasts. In vivo muscle cells are particularly competent in their ability to take up and express polynucleotides.

For the naked polynucleotide injection, an effective dosage amount of DNA or RNA will be in the range of from about 0.05 μg/kg body weight to about 50 mg/kg body weight. Preferably the dosage will be from about 0.005 mg/kg to about 20 mg/kg and more preferably from about 0.05 mg/kg to about 5 mg/kg. Of course, as the artisan of ordinary skill will appreciate, this dosage will vary according to the tissue site of injection. The appropriate and effective dosage of nucleic acid sequence can readily be determined by those of ordinary skill in the art and may depend on the condition being treated and the route of administration. The preferred route of administration is by the parenteral route of injection into the interstitial space of tissues. However, other parenteral routes may also be used, such as, inhalation of an aerosol formulation particularly for delivery to colons or bronchial tissues, throat or mucous membranes of the nose. In addition, naked polynucleotide constructs can be delivered to arteries during angioplasty by the catheter used in the procedure.

The dose response effects of injected polynucleotide in muscle in vivo is determined as follows. Suitable template DNA for production of mRNA coding for polypeptide of the present invention is prepared in accordance with a standard recombinant DNA methodology. The template DNA, which may be either circular or linear, is either used as naked DNA or complexed with liposomes. The quadriceps muscles of mice are then injected with various amounts of the template DNA.

Five to six week old female and male Balb/C mice are anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection with 0.3 ml of 2.5% Avertin. A 1.5 cm incision is made on the anterior thigh, and the quadriceps muscle is directly visualized. The template DNA is injected in 0.1 ml of carrier in a 1 cc syringe through a 27 gauge needle over one minute, approximately 0.5 cm from the distal insertion site of the muscle into the knee and about 0.2 cm deep. A suture is placed over the injection site for future localization, and the skin is closed with stainless steel clips.

After an appropriate incubation time (e.g., 7 days) muscle extracts are prepared by excising the entire quadriceps. Every fifth 15 um cross-section of the individual quadriceps muscles is histochemically stained for protein expression. A time course for protein expression may be done in a similar fashion except that quadriceps from different mice are harvested at different times. Persistence of DNA in muscle following injection may be determined by Southern blot analysis after preparing total cellular DNA and HIRT supernatants from injected and control mice.

The results of the above experimentation in mice can be use to extrapolate proper dosages and other treatment parameters in humans and other animals using naked DNA.

Example 13 Transgenic Animals

The polypeptides of the invention can also be expressed in transgenic animals. Animals of any species, including, but not limited to, mice, rats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, pigs, micro-pigs, goats, sheep, cows and non-human primates, e. g., baboons, monkeys, and chimpanzees may be used to generate transgenic animals. In a specific embodiment, techniques described herein or otherwise known in the art, are used to express polypeptides of the invention in humans, as part of a gene therapy protocol.

Any technique known in the art may be used to introduce the transgene (I. e., polynucleotides of the invention) into animals to produce the founder lines of transgenic animals. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, pronuclear microinjection (Paterson et al., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40: 691-698 (1994); Carver et al., Biotechnology 11: 1263-1270 (1993); Wright et al., Biotechnology 9: 830-834 (1991); and U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191, the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety); retrovirus mediated gene transfer into germ lines (Van der Putten et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 82: 6148-6152 (1985)), blastocysts or embryos; gene targeting in embryonic stem cells (Thompson et al., Cell 56: 313-321 (1989)); electroporation of cells or embryos (Lo, 1983, Mol Cell. Biol. 3: 1803-1814 (1983)); introduction of the polynucleotides of the invention using a gene gun (see, e. g., Ulmer et al., Science 259: 1745 (1993); introducing nucleic acid constructs into embryonic pleuripotent stem cells and transferring the stem cells back into the blastocyst; and sperm mediated gene transfer (Lavitrano et al., Cell 57: 717-723 (1989). For a review of such techniques, see Gordon, “Transgenic Animals,” Intl. Rev. Cytol. 115: 171-229 (1989).

Any technique known in the art may be used to produce transgenic clones containing polynucleotides of the invention, for example, nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes of nuclei from cultured embryonic, fetal, or adult cells induced to quiescence (Campell et al., Nature 380: 64-66 (1996); Wilmut et al., Nature 385: 810813 (1997)).

The present invention provides for transgenic animals that carry the transgene in all their cells, as well as animals which carry the transgene in some, but not all their cells, I. e., mosaic animals or chimeric. The transgene may be integrated as a single transgene or as multiple copies such as in concatamers, e.g., head-to-head tandems or head-to-tail tandems. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into and activated in a particular cell type by following, for example, the teaching of Lasko et al. (Lasko et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 6232-6236 (1992)). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific activation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art. When it is desired that the polynucleotide transgene be integrated into the chromosomal site of the endogenous gene, gene targeting is preferred. Briefly, when such a technique is to be utilized, vectors containing some nucleotide sequences homologous to the endogenous gene are designed for the purpose of integrating, via homologous recombination with chromosomal sequences, into and disrupting the function of the nucleotide sequence of the endogenous gene. The transgene may also be selectively introduced into a particular cell type, thus inactivating the endogenous gene in only that cell type, by following, for example, the teaching of Gu et al. (Gu et al., Science 265: 103-106 (1994)). The regulatory sequences required for such a cell-type specific inactivation will depend upon the particular cell type of interest, and will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

Once transgenic animals have been generated, the expression of the recombinant gene may be assayed utilizing standard techniques. Initial screening may be accomplished by Southern blot analysis or PCR techniques to analyze animal tissues to verify that integration of the transgene has taken place. The level of mRNA expression of the transgene in the tissues of the transgenic animals may also be assessed using techniques which include, but are not limited to, Northern blot analysis of tissue samples obtained from the animal, in situ hybridization analysis, and reverse transcriptase-PCR (rt-PCR). Samples of transgenic gene-expressing tissue may also be evaluated immunocytochemically or immunohistochemically using antibodies specific for the transgene product.

Once the founder animals are produced, they may be bred, inbred, outbred, or crossbred to produce colonies of the particular animal. Examples of such breeding strategies include, but are not limited to: outbreeding of founder animals with more than one integration site in order to establish separate lines; inbreeding of separate lines in order to produce compound transgenics that express the transgene at higher levels because of the effects of additive expression of each transgene; crossing of heterozygous transgenic animals to produce animals homozygous for a given integration site in order to both augment expression and eliminate the need for screening of animals by DNA analysis; crossing of separate homozygous lines to produce compound heterozygous or homozygous lines; and breeding to place the transgene on a distinct background that is appropriate for an experimental model of interest.

Transgenic animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

Example 14 Knock-Out Animals

Endogenous gene expression can also be reduced by inactivating or “knocking out” the gene and/or its promoter using targeted homologous recombination. (E. g., see Smithies et al., Nature 317: 230-234 (1985); Thomas & Capecchi, Cell 51: 503512 (1987); Thompson et al., Cell 5: 313-321 (1989)) Alternatively, RNAi technology may be used. For example, a mutant, non-functional polynucleotide of the invention (or a completely unrelated DNA sequence) flanked by DNA homologous to the endogenous polynucleotide sequence (either the coding regions or regulatory regions of the gene) can be used, with or without a selectable marker and/or a negative selectable marker, to transfect cells that express polypeptides of the invention in vivo. In another embodiment, techniques known in the art are used to generate knockouts in cells that contain, but do not express the gene of interest. Insertion of the DNA construct, via targeted homologous recombination, results in inactivation of the targeted gene. Such approaches are particularly suited in research and agricultural fields where modifications to embryonic stem cells can be used to generate animal offspring with an inactive targeted gene (e. g., see Thomas & Capecchi 1987 and Thompson 1989, supra). However, this approach can be routinely adapted for use in humans provided the recombinant DNA constructs are directly administered or targeted to the required site in vivo using appropriate viral vectors that will be apparent to those of skill in the art.

In further embodiments of the invention, cells that are genetically engineered to express the polypeptides of the invention, or alternatively, that are genetically engineered not to express the polypeptides of the invention (e. g., knockouts) are administered to a patient in vivo. Such cells may be obtained from the patient (i.e., animal, including human) or an MHC compatible donor and can include, but are not limited to fibroblasts, bone marrow cells, blood cells (e. g., lymphocytes), adipocytes, muscle cells, endothelial cells etc. The cells are genetically engineered in vitro using recombinant DNA techniques to introduce the coding sequence of polypeptides of the invention into the cells, or alternatively, to disrupt the coding sequence and/or endogenous regulatory sequence associated with the polypeptides of the invention, e.g., by transduction (using viral vectors, and preferably vectors that integrate the transgene into the cell genome) or transfection procedures, including, but not limited to, the use of plasmids, cosmids, YACs, naked DNA, electroporation, liposomes, etc.

The coding sequence of the polypeptides of the invention can be placed under the control of a strong constitutive or inducible promoter or promoter/enhancer to achieve expression, and preferably secretion, of the polypeptides of the invention. The engineered cells which express and preferably secrete the polypeptides of the invention can be introduced into the patient systemically, e. g., in the circulation, or intraperitoneally.

Alternatively, the cells can be incorporated into a matrix and implanted in the body, e. g., genetically engineered fibroblasts can be implanted as part of a skin graft; genetically engineered endothelial cells can be implanted as part of a lymphatic or vascular graft. (See, for example, Anderson et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,399,349; and Mulligan & Wilson, U.S. Pat. No. 5,460,959, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety).

When the cells to be administered are non-autologous or non-MHC compatible cells, they can be administered using well known techniques which prevent the development of a host immune response against the introduced cells. For example, the cells may be introduced in an encapsulated form which, while allowing for an exchange of components with the immediate extracellular environment, does not allow the introduced cells to be recognized by the host immune system.

Transgenic and “knock-out” animals of the invention have uses which include, but are not limited to, animal model systems useful in elaborating the biological function of polypeptides of the present invention, studying conditions and/or disorders associated with aberrant expression, and in screening for compounds effective in ameliorating such conditions and/or disorders.

While preferred illustrative embodiments of the present invention are described, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be practiced by other than the described embodiments, which are presented for purposes of illustration only and not by way of limitation. The present invention is limited only by the claims that follow. 

1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising: (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94; (c) a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); or (d) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b).
 2. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a cDNA.
 3. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is genomic DNA.
 4. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is an RNA.
 5. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a mammalian nucleic acid molecule
 6. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 5, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is a human nucleic acid molecule.
 7. A method for determining the presence of a colon specific nucleic acid (CSNA) in a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 under conditions in which the nucleic acid molecule will selectively hybridize to a colon specific nucleic acid; and (b) detecting hybridization of the nucleic acid molecule to a CSNA in the sample, wherein the detection of the hybridization indicates the presence of a CSNA in the sample.
 8. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim
 1. 9. A host cell comprising the vector according to claim
 8. 10. A method for producing a polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a host cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule operably linked to one or more expression control sequences, and (b) incubating the host cell under conditions in which the polypeptide is produced.
 11. A polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to claim
 1. 12. An isolated polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 95% sequence identity to of SEQ ID NO: 95-248 ; or (b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94.
 13. An antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to a polypeptide of claim
 12. 14. A method for determining the presence of a colon specific protein in a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with a suitable reagent under conditions in which the reagent will selectively interact with the colon specific protein comprising an a polypeptide of claim 12; and (b) detecting the interaction of the reagent with a colon specific protein in the sample, wherein the detection of binding indicates the presence of a colon specific protein in the sample.
 15. A method for diagnosing or monitoring the presence and metastases of colon cancer in a patient, comprising the steps of: (a) determining an amount of: (i) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248; (ii) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94; (iii) a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (i) or (ii); (iv) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of (i) or (ii); (v) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 95% sequence identity to of SEQ ID NO: 95-248 ; or (vi) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94 and; (b) comparing the amount of the determined nucleic acid molecule or the polypeptide in the sample of the patient to the amount of the colon specific marker in a normal control; wherein a difference in the amount of the nucleic acid molecule or the polypeptide in the sample compared to the amount of the nucleic acid molecule or the polypeptide in the normal control is associated with the presence of colon cancer.
 16. A kit for detecting a risk of cancer or presence of cancer in a patient, said kit comprising a means for determining the presence of: (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94; (c) a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); or (d) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); or (e) a polypeptide of claim
 12. 17. A method of treating a patient with colon cancer, comprising the step of administering a composition consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 95-248; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1-94; (c) a nucleic acid molecule that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); (d) a nucleic acid molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); or (e) a polypeptide of claim 12; to a patient in need thereof, wherein said administration induces an immune response against the colon cancer cell expressing the nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide.
 18. A vaccine comprising the polypeptide or the nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of claim
 12. 